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Webster 1913 Edition


Impressionable

Im-pres′sion-a-ble

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
impressionnable
.]
Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible;
as, a bad influence on
impressionable
youths
.
He was too
impressionable
; he had too much of the temperament of genius.
Motley.
A pretty face and an
impressionable
disposition.
T. Hook.

Definition 2024


impressionable

impressionable

English

Adjective

impressionable (comparative more impressionable, superlative most impressionable)

  1. Being easily influenced (especially of young people).

Translations

Noun

impressionable (plural impressionables)

  1. An impressionable person.
    • 1942, Frank Gervasi, War Has Seven Faces
      They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.

References

  • impressionable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911