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foolish
English
Etymology
From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool +? -ish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fu?.l??/
Adjective
foolish (comparative foolisher or more foolish, superlative foolishest or most foolish)
- (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
- Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
Synonyms
- absurd
- idiotic
- ridiculous
- silly
- unwise
Antonyms
- wise
Derived terms
- a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
- foolishly
- foolishness
Translations
foolish From the web:
- what foolish means
- what foolishness you talking
- what does foolish mean
- what do foolish mean
- what is meant by foolish
susceptible
English
Etymology
From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??s?pt?bl?/
Adjective
susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)
- likely to be affected by something
- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- easily influenced or tricked; credulous
- (medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
- that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
- vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
Derived terms
- suscept
- susceptibly
- susceptibility
Translations
Noun
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
Coordinate terms
- immune
- infective
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.s?p.tibl/
Adjective
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- likely, liable
- huffy, thin-skinned, touchy
Derived terms
- susceptibilité
Further reading
- “susceptible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipi? (“to undertake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /sus?eb?tible/, [sus.?e???t?i.??le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /suseb?tible/, [su.se???t?i.??le]
Adjective
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- amenable
- sensitive
- capable (of) (followed by de, and an action)
Derived terms
- susceptibilidad
susceptible From the web:
- what susceptible mean
- what susceptible host
- what's susceptible to antibiotics
- what susceptible in tagalog
- what susceptible strain
- susceptible what is the definition
- susceptible what do it mean
- what does susceptible
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