sensiferous

English

Etymology

Latin sensifer; sensus (“sense”) + ferre (“to bear”).

Adjective

sensiferous (not comparable)

  1. Exciting or conveying sensation.
    • 1894, Thomas Henry Huxley, Hume, with Helps to the Study of Berkeley
      Whatever be the apparent diversities among the sensiferous apparatuses , however , they share certain common characters . Each consists of a receptive , a transmissive , and a sensificatory portion

References

sensiferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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