English Explanatory Dictionary

impressible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Capable of being impressed; susceptible of receiving impression.
  2. Capable of being imprinted upon.
  3. Capable of creating an impression.

Word forms

impressible

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English impressible From impress + -ible.

Related words

impressibility impressibleness impressibly

Derived words

unimpressible
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