Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multisense

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mul-ti-sense
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving more than one of the senses, e.g. both sight and touch.

adj

Having more than one sense (distinct meaning).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English multisense From multi- + sense.

Questions

What does multisense mean?
Involving more than one of the senses, e.g. both sight and touch.
Where does multisense come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English multisense From multi- + sense.

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