impressionable
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Definition of impressionable
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Being easily influenced (especially of young people).
“I had never been an impressionable girl as far as men were concerned—I was not an impressionable woman.”
“"Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts."”
“Besides, there are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years; and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents; and they literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me.”
“As a result, Miss Brodie calls on her authority over her "impressionable" students in order to urge them into roles she herself is too afraid to occupy.”
“Sages and mothers have long noted that humans, especially young humans, are impressionable. It is supposed that the environment that one inhabits plays a large role in a child's behavioral and moral development.”
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adj
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Being easily influenced (especially of young people).
“I had never been an impressionable girl as far as men were concerned—I was not an impressionable woman.”
“"Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts."”
“Besides, there are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years; and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents; and they literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me.”
“As a result, Miss Brodie calls on her authority over her "impressionable" students in order to urge them into roles she herself is too afraid to occupy.”
“Sages and mothers have long noted that humans, especially young humans, are impressionable. It is supposed that the environment that one inhabits plays a large role in a child's behavioral and moral development.”
noun
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An impressionable person.
“They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French impressionner Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -able Middle French -able French -able French impressionnable English impressionable From French impressionnable, equivalent to impression + -able. See also impressible.
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10 words10-letter words
30 words- BLIMPERIES 16 pts
- IMPASSIBLE 16 pts
- IMPOSSIBLE 16 pts
- BIOMINERAL 14 pts
- BROMELAINS 14 pts
- IMPERSONAL 14 pts
- IMPRESSION 14 pts
- INOPERABLE 14 pts
- LESBIANISM 14 pts
- LIMBERNESS 14 pts
- MARBLEISES 14 pts
- MISERABLES 14 pts
- PALIMONIES 14 pts
- PERMISSION 14 pts
- PERSONABLE 14 pts
- PROLAMINES 14 pts
- PROSIMIANS 14 pts
- REMISSIBLE 14 pts
- BASELINERS 12 pts
- BLEARINESS 12 pts
- BRASILEINS 12 pts
- MINERALISE 12 pts
- MONILIASES 12 pts
- NEOREALISM 12 pts
- NORMALISES 12 pts
- PEARLINESS 12 pts
- REEMISSION 12 pts
- SEMAINIERS 12 pts
- SEMINARIES 12 pts
- LINEARISES 10 pts
9-letter words
104 words- BIOPLASMS 15 pts
- IMPOSABLE 15 pts
- PERIBLEMS 15 pts
- PREAMBLES 15 pts
- AIRMOBILE 13 pts
- ALBINISMS 13 pts
- ALPINISMS 13 pts
- AMPLENESS 13 pts
- ASSEMBLER 13 pts
- BALMINESS 13 pts
- BARMINESS 13 pts
- BEANPOLES 13 pts
- BINARISMS 13 pts
- BINOMIALS 13 pts
- BONEMEALS 13 pts
- BONSPIELS 13 pts
- BROMELAIN 13 pts
- BROMELIAS 13 pts
- BROMELINS 13 pts
- ENSAMPLES 13 pts
- EPIBOLIES 13 pts
- IMPASSION 13 pts
- IMPERIALS 13 pts
- IMPRISONS 13 pts
- ISOBARISM 13 pts
- LAMPERSES 13 pts
- MARBLEISE 13 pts
- MISERABLE 13 pts
- MISLABORS 13 pts
- MOBILISES 13 pts
- NEOPLASMS 13 pts
- OMISSIBLE 13 pts
- PANBROILS 13 pts
- PEMOLINES 13 pts
- PLEBEIANS 13 pts
- PLEONASMS 13 pts
- POSSIBLER 13 pts
- PRIMENESS 13 pts
- PROLAMINE 13 pts
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- REIMPOSES 13 pts
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- ABSEILERS 11 pts
- ALIENISMS 11 pts
- ALIMONIES 11 pts
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- ASPERSION 11 pts
- BASELINER 11 pts
- BASELINES 11 pts
- BOISERIES 11 pts
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- BRASILEIN 11 pts
- BRASILINS 11 pts
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- EMERSIONS 11 pts
- ESPALIERS 11 pts
- ESPANOLES 11 pts
- ISOMERASE 11 pts
- ISOMERISE 11 pts
- ISOPRENES 11 pts
- LEPROSIES 11 pts
- LOAMINESS 11 pts
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- MELANOSES 11 pts
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- MESSALINE 11 pts
- MISENROLS 11 pts
- MISLEARNS 11 pts
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- MISSILEER 11 pts
- MISSIONAL 11 pts
- MISSIONER 11 pts
- MORALISES 11 pts
- NORMALISE 11 pts
- PASSERINE 11 pts
- PENALISES 11 pts
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- PLENARIES 11 pts
- POLARISES 11 pts
- PRESEASON 11 pts
- PSORALENS 11 pts
- REMISSION 11 pts
- ROMANISES 11 pts
- SEAROBINS 11 pts
- SEMAINIER 11 pts
- SEMOLINAS 11 pts
- SENSIBLER 11 pts
- SERIALISM 11 pts
- SERMONISE 11 pts
- SOLEMNISE 11 pts
- EARLINESS 9 pts
- LINEARISE 9 pts
- LIONISERS 9 pts
- SENSORIAL 9 pts
- SERIALISE 9 pts
8-letter words
55 words- BIOPLASM 14 pts
- ABLEISMS 12 pts
- ALBINISM 12 pts
- ALPINISM 12 pts
- AMBERIES 12 pts
- ASSEMBLE 12 pts
- BAILSMEN 12 pts
- BEAMLESS 12 pts
- BEANPOLE 12 pts
- BESLIMES 12 pts
- BESMEARS 12 pts
- BESMILES 12 pts
- BIMENSAL 12 pts
- BINARISM 12 pts
- BINOMIAL 12 pts
- BIOPSIES 12 pts
- BIPLANES 12 pts
- BIRAMOSE 12 pts
- BONEMEAL 12 pts
- BONSPIEL 12 pts
- BRIMLESS 12 pts
- BROMELIA 12 pts
- BROMELIN 12 pts
- BROMINES 12 pts
- EMBOLIES 12 pts
- EMBOSSER 12 pts
- ABSEILER 10 pts
- ALIENISM 10 pts
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- ASPIRINS 10 pts
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- AILERONS 8 pts
- AIRINESS 8 pts
- AIRLINES 8 pts
- ALIENERS 8 pts
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