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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: [OT] "sensible" in English
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:47:51 -0700
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Date: 2013-03-07T00:47:51-07:00
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On 03/07/2013 12:04 AM, Geoff wrote:
 >
 > Indeed. The usage is archaic in the U.S., but then with the dumbing
 > down of America comes the deterioration of the language. I fear for
 > future generations here.
 >
 > Citing the M-W definition, I think J-P's use was something along the
 > lines of a blend of 1(a) and 1(c), meaning "perceptible".

FWIW, at the time Jane Austen's /Sense and Sensibility/ was published (1811), 
"Sensibility" meant the opposite of "sense": Marianne, the sister ruled by her 
emotions, had "sensibility".

-- 
Jeff Carter
"People called Romanes, they go the house?"
Monty Python's Life of Brian
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