Sus‐cep″ti‐ble (?), a. [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see Sub-) + capere to take. See Capable.] 1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
It sheds on souls susceptible of light,
The glorious dawn of our eternal day. Young.
2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
Candidates are... not very susceptible of affronts. Cowper.
I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. Lamb.
— Sus‐cep″ti‐ble‐ness, n. — Sus‐cep″ti‐bly, adv.