Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class III. Words Relating to MatterSection III. Organic Matter
2. Sensation
1. Sensation in general
375. Physical Sensibility.
NOUN:SENSIBILITY; sensitiveness &c. adj.; physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, susceptibility, æsthetics or esthetics; moral sensibility [See Sensibility].SENSATION, impression; consciousness (knowledge) [See Knowledge].
external senses.
VERB:BE SENSIBLE OF &c. adj.; feel, perceive; feel -keenly, – exquisitely.
RENDER SENSIBLE &c. adj.; sharpen, refine, excite, stir, cultivate, tutor.
IMPRESS, cause sensation; excite -, produce- an impression.
ADJECTIVE:SENSIBLE, sensitive, sensuous; æsthetic or esthetic, perceptive, sentient; conscious (aware) [See Knowledge]; alive, alive to impressions, answering quickly to, impressionable, responsive, easily affected, quick in response.
ACUTE, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned.
ADVERB:TO THE QUICK; on the raw [slang].
QUOTATION:The touch’d needle trembles to the pole.—Pope