| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Easily impressed or influenced.[Wordnet]
2. Capable of being impressed; susceptible; sensitive.[Websters] 3. Being sensitive, susceptible, responsive, touchy or sentient. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being sensible, sensuous, perceptible or appreciable. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being delicate, fine, dainty or refined. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being tender, soft, gentle or affectionate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being irritable or thin-skinned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being maudlin or sentimental. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being noticeable or distinct. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb impressibly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (impressibly) | 1. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective impressible.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "IMPRESSIBLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
| Etymology:Impressible \Im*press"i*ble\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression impressible.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: IMPRESSIBLE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] That may be impressed; that yields to pressure; that may receive impressions. Solid bodies are not easily impressible.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Capable of being impressed; susceptible of receiving impression. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
