subsensationn.

?1850 J. L. Michael John Cumberland iii. v. 126 When nerves, only half quiet, share A sub-sensation veil'd and dim.

1890 Academy 37 218/1 A subsensation of how, in Rossetti's weird phrase, his death was ‘growing up from his birth’.

1898 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Subsensation, a moderate or lesser sensation.

1910 W. James in Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 7 86 Only in case the physical stimuli were already at work subliminally, preparing the next sensation, would whatever sub-sensation was already prepared reveal itself when the threshold fell.

2005 S. R. Delany About Writing 7 The talented writer can..describe subsensations that we all recognize, even if we have rarely considered them before.