susceptible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of

   Susceptible to colds.

2. 2
   adj

   Likely to be affected by something.

   He was susceptible to minor ailments.

3. 3
   adj

   That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.

   Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.

4. 4
   adj

   Vulnerable.

   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.

Simplified etymology

Susceptible is recorded from the early 17th century, ultimately derives from Latin capere ‘take or hold’, and literally means ‘that can be taken from below’.

From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.

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