Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insensibility

/ˌɪn.sɛn.sɪˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: in-sen-si-bil-i-ty
IPA: /ˌɪn.sɛn.sɪˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being insensible.

Example Sentences

"What a deal of grief, care, and other harmful excitement does a healthy dulness and cheerful insensibility avoid!"
"When I recovered I found myself lying on a clean, comfortable bed, while there bent over me a physician and an elderly woman. I learned that I had been found early in the morning in the rear of the house in a state of insensibility, and that the owner of the place […] had caused me to be brought in and placed on the bed."

Etymology

From Old French insensibilité, from Late Latin insensibilitas.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: insensibilité, insensibilitas

Inflected Forms

insensibilities (plural)

Synonyms

insensibleness unfeelingness callousness callosity hardness

Questions

How do you pronounce insensibility?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪn.sɛn.sɪˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/.
What does insensibility mean?: The property of being insensible.
Where does insensibility come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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