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