† sensificadj.n.

Forms: 1600s sensificke, 1600s 1800s sensific.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sensificus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin sensificus producing sensibility (5th cent.) < classical Latin sensus sense n. + -ficus -fic suffix.

Obsolete.

Designating the parts of the nervous system involved in sensation; of or relating to these parts; = sensory adj. Also as n.: a part of the nervous system involved in sensation (rare). Cf. motific adj.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > causing physical sensation

sensific1634

pathetic1653

sensigenous1874

aesthesiogenic1879

sensifacient1879

sensificatory1879

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xii. 192 So that those sensificke nerves [L. sensifici illi; Fr. les nerfs sensitifs] from the third conjugation onely give to judge of tastes, compose the coate, and touch or enter not the flesh.

1694 C. Gildon Misc. Lett. & Ess. 274 'Tis therefore the Refrigeration or Cooling of the Brain that causes Sleep, as the Calefaction, or Warming of this first Sensific, is the cause of our Awaking.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 28 (margin) Hence sometimes a sensific power and sometimes a motory.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 800/2 Convulsion is not..an affection..of the sensific part of the nervous system.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sensific
释义	† sensificadj.n. Forms: 1600s sensificke, 1600s 1800s sensific. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sensificus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin sensificus producing sensibility (5th cent.) < classical Latin sensus sense n. + -ficus -fic suffix. Obsolete. Designating the parts of the nervous system involved in sensation; of or relating to these parts; = sensory adj. Also as n.: a part of the nervous system involved in sensation (rare). Cf. motific adj.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > causing physical sensation sensific1634 pathetic1653 sensigenous1874 aesthesiogenic1879 sensifacient1879 sensificatory1879 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xii. 192 So that those sensificke nerves [L. sensifici illi; Fr. les nerfs sensitifs] from the third conjugation onely give to judge of tastes, compose the coate, and touch or enter not the flesh. 1694 C. Gildon Misc. Lett. & Ess. 274 'Tis therefore the Refrigeration or Cooling of the Brain that causes Sleep, as the Calefaction, or Warming of this first Sensific, is the cause of our Awaking. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 28 (margin) Hence sometimes a sensific power and sometimes a motory. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 800/2 Convulsion is not..an affection..of the sensific part of the nervous system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1634
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