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sensitive (iou)

sensitive adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French sensitif, -ive or medieval Latin sensitivus, irreg. from Latin sens-: see SENSE noun, -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Having the function of sensation or sensory perception; connected with or derived from the senses. LME.
Having the faculty of sensation. Formerly also, having the faculty of sensation but not reason. L15.
a. Very susceptible or responsive to emotional, artistic, etc., impressions, possessing delicate or tender feelings, having sensibility; spec. (a) easily offended or emotionally hurt, touchy; (b) naturally perceptive of the feelings etc. of others; tactful, sympathetic, compassionate. Freq. foll. by to. E19.
J. T. Story He was never the least bit sensitive to people's finer feelings. K. Amis He's sensitive about being a bit deaf. G. Daly So sensitive that sunsets..make him feel faint. P. Mailloux Franz's unhappiness..could have been averted if his father had been..more sensitive in his treatment of him.
b. Having quick or intense perception or sensation; acutely affected by external stimuli etc.; tender, delicate. Freq. foll. by to, of. E19.
Dickens Madame Defarge being sensitive to cold, was wrapped in fur. P. G. Wodehouse Living by his wits had developed in Percy highly sensitive powers of observation. Which? Toothpastes for sensitive teeth contain chemicals to desensitise the dentine.
c. spec. Having a temperament receptive to Paranormal or occult influences. M19.
Of a thing: readily affected by or responsive to external influences (foll. by to); spec. (a) (of photographic paper or Other prepared surface, a chemical substance, etc.) susceptible to the influence of light or Other radiation; (b) (of a measuring instrument etc.) responsive to or recording slight changes of condition etc.; (c) (of stock, a market, etc.) liable to fluctuate rapidly in price in response to external factors; (d) (of a mathematical, statistical, or physical quantity) appreciably influenced by changes in some Other quantity, the choice of method or model, etc. (foll. by to). M19.
b. Involved with or likely to affect (esp. national) Security; needing careful handling to avoid causing offence, embarrassment, etc., controversial. M20.
H. Kissinger The nuclear issue was highly sensitive; we needed to show some understanding for Japanese sensibilities.
Special collocations: sensitive brier: see BRIER noun1. sensitive fern a frost-tender N. American fern, Onoclea sensibilis, sometimes cultivated. sensitive period Psychology a time or stage in a person's development when he or she is more responsive to certain stimuli and quicker to learn particular skills. sensitive plant (a) a leguminous plant of Brazil, Mimosa pudica, whose leaflets fold together when touched; false sensitive plant, a related N. American plant, Aeschynomene hispida, having similar properties; (b) fig. a sensitive, delicate, or easily offended person.
b. noun.
A being or bodily part capable of sensation. LME-E18.
The faculty of sensation. Only in E17.
= sensitive plant (a) above. E18.
a. A person sensitive to Paranormal or occult influences, a medium. M19.
b. A person very susceptible or responsive to artistic, emotional, etc., impressions; spec. an aesthete. L19.
sensitively adverb M17.
sensitiveness noun E19.
sensi'tivity noun (a) the quality or degree of being sensitive or responsive; (b) (in pl.) a person's sensitive feelings or sensibilities: E19.

City of Sunderland-Hendon South Beach (tourism)

City of Sunderland-Hendon South Beach is in Sunderland, in North East England (Great Britain).

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