Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SENS'I-BLE-NESS, n.

1. Possibility of being perceived by the senses; as, the sensibleness of odor or sound.
2. Actual perception by the mind or body; as, the sensibleness of an impression on the organs. [Bin cu.]
3. Sensibility; quickness or acuteness of perception; as, the sensibleness of the eye. – Sharp.
4. Susceptibility; capacity of being strongly affected, or actual feeling; consciousness; as, the sensibleness of the soul and sorrow for sin. – Hammond.
5. Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.
6. Susceptibility of slight impressions. [See Sensible, No. 9, 10.]