Sus·cep·ti·ble a.
1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
It sheds on souls susceptible of light,
The glorious dawn of our eternal day. --Young.
2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. --Cowper.
I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb.
-- Sus*cep*ti*ble*ness, n. -- Sus*cep*ti*bly, adv.
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susceptibleness
n : the state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility]
[ant: unsusceptibility]