Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sensive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sen-sive
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From sense + -ive?

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more sensive (comparative) most sensive (superlative)

Questions

What does sensive mean?
Having sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.
Where does sensive come from?
From sense + -ive?

How to pronounce sensive

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