perceptible

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The Word of the Day for January 16 is: 

perceptible   \per-SEP-tuh-bul\   adjective
     : capable of being perceived especially by the senses 

Example sentence:
     The smell of onions in the kitchen was barely perceptible to me, but Laura found it overwhelmingly pungent.

Did you know?
     If something is "perceptible," you can "capture" it with your senses. "Perceptible" traces back to the Latin word "capere," which means "to take," combined with the prefix "per-," which means "thoroughly." It shares the "capere" part of its ancestry with a number of other English words related to seizing or being seized, including "capture," 
"captor," "captivate," and even "catch."





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