What is "susceptibleness"

Susceptible \Sus*cep"ti*ble\, a. [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see Sub-) + capere to take. See Capable.]

1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.

   It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious dawn of our eternal day.
   --Young.

2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.

   Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts.
   --Cowper.

   I am constitutionally susceptible of noises.
   --Lamb. [1913 Webster] -- Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.

n. the state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility] [ant: unsusceptibility]