sensive

English

Etymology

From sense +‎ -ive?

Adjective

sensive (comparative more sensive, superlative most sensive)

1. (obsolete) Having sense or sensibility; sensitive or sensory.
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

     shall sensive things be so sencelesse as to resist sence?

References

• “sensive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Envises, senvies