adj.
- quick to detect, respond to, or be affected by slight changes, signals, or influences.
▸(of photographic materials) responding rapidly to the action of light.
- having or showing a quick and delicate appreciation of the feelings of others.
- easily offended or upset.
- kept secret or with restrictions on disclosure to avoid endangering national security.
n.
a person supposedly able to respond to paranormal influences.
Derivative
- sensitively adv.
- sensitiveness n.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘sensory’): from OFr. sensitif, -ive or med. L. sensitivus, formed irregularly from L. sentire ‘feel’.