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"word": "insensibility"
},
{
"word": "insensibly"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "insensible"
},
"expansion": "Middle English insensible",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "insensible"
},
"expansion": "Old French insensible",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "īnsēnsibilis"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more insensible",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most insensible",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-adj"
}
],
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"in‧sen‧si‧ble"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"word": "insensitive"
},
{
"word": "nonsensible"
},
{
"word": "nonsensical"
},
{
"word": "senseless"
},
{
"word": "unsensible"
},
{
"word": "unsensitive"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "perceptible"
},
{
"word": "sensible"
},
{
"word": "perceptible"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1697, Virgil, translated by John Dryden, The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Unable to be perceived by the senses."
],
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"senses",
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]
],
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{
"word": "imperceptible"
},
{
"word": "unperceivable"
},
{
"word": "imperceptible"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "sensate"
},
{
"word": "sensible"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
"text": "“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:",
"text": "The Leicester Daily Mercury reflected on how these concerns were the result of changing ways of getting around: \"It might sound a bit crazy or just a little revolting that at Christmas works parties, some should drink themselves into a near-insensible state... This was not serious when they used public transport, but today more men and women use their own cars.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Incapable or deprived of physical sensation."
],
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{
"word": "anesthetic"
},
{
"word": "insensate"
},
{
"word": "insensitive"
},
{
"word": "unsensitive"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Unable to be understood; unintelligible."
],
"links": [
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"unintelligible",
"unintelligible"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "inscrutable"
},
{
"word": "unexplainable"
},
{
"word": "incomprehensible"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:",
"text": "If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […]it shall be quashed.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless."
],
"links": [
[
"sensible",
"sensible"
],
[
"reasonable",
"reasonable"
],
[
"meaningless",
"meaningless"
]
],
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{
"word": "pointless"
},
{
"word": "senseless"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1697, Virgil, translated by John Dryden, The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent."
],
"links": [
[
"indifferent",
"indifferent"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "insouciant"
},
{
"word": "unconcerned"
},
{
"word": "apathetic"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic."
],
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[
"callous",
"callous"
],
[
"apathetic",
"apathetic"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "emotionless"
},
{
"word": "insensitive"
},
{
"word": "alexithymic"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɪnˈsɛn̥sɪbl̩]"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nezabeležim",
"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "незабележим"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "insensible"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "bewusstlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "nicht wahrnehmbar"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanjirarenai",
"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "感じられない"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unable to be perceived by the sense",
"word": "insensible"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezčuvstven",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "безчувствен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nečuvstvitelen",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "нечувствителен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "insensible"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "無感的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "无感的"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "insensible"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "gefühllos"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apathḗs",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "ἀπαθής"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mukankaku no",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "無感覚の"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "heiki na",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "平気な"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "insensible"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "incapable of emotional feeling",
"word": "insensible"
}
],
"word": "insensible"
}
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