Main Entry:

sus·cep·ti·ble

Pronunciation:

\sə-ˈsep-tə-bəl\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere to take up, admit, from sub-, sus- up + capere to take — more at sub-, heave

Date:

1605

1 : capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation <a theory susceptible to proof> 2 : open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency <susceptible to pneumonia> 3 : impressionable, responsive <a susceptible mind>

synonyms see liable

— sus·cep·ti·ble·ness noun

— sus·cep·ti·bly \-blē\ adverb