different between unwary vs susceptible

English

Etymology

From un- +? wary. Compare Old English unwær (“unaware, unwary”) and unwærl?? (“unwary, heedless”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???i

Adjective

unwary (comparative unwarier, superlative unwariest)

1. Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience
2. Unprepared; not watchful

Quotations

• 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

  Three little maids who, all unwary,
  Come from a ladies' seminary

Synonyms

• careless

Related terms

• unwarily

Translations

Anagrams

• runway, unwray

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)

1. likely to be affected by something

   He was susceptible to minor ailments.

2. easily influenced or tricked; credulous
3. (medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
4. 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.

5. 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.

Derived terms

• suscept
• susceptibly
• susceptibility

Translations

Noun

susceptible (plural susceptibles)

1. (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)

1. likely, liable

2. 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)

1. amenable
2. sensitive
3. capable (of) (followed by de, and an action)

Derived terms

• susceptibilidad