[s?'s?pt?b(?)l]
¦ adjective
1. (often susceptible to) likely to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
easily influenced by feelings or emotions.
2. (susceptible of) capable or admitting of.
Derivatives
susceptibly adverb
Origin
C17: from late L. susceptibilis, from L. suscipere 'take up, sustain'.