Dictionary

emotionable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English emotionable From emotion + -able.

Meanings

1. (of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties, rare) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
   • Consequently man was an emotionable being and this emotion was the basis for morality. 2007, Ulrich Libbrecht, Within the Four Seas: Introduction to Comparative Philosophy, →ISBN, page 578:
   • Delicat and subtle are the dealings of nature whereby the emotionable sense secretly is touch'd to awareness 1929, Robert Seymour Bridges, The Testament of Beauty, page 529:
   • His was the genuine Celtic temperament—poetic, excitable, emotionable, unreasoning. 1887, Emily Lawless, Hurrish: A Study, page 24:

Forms

Synonyms

touchy-feely · passionate · emotional

Translations (1)

ro emoționabil (expressive)