persuasible

[per-swey-suh-buhl, -zuh-]

adjective

1. capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.

Other Word Forms

• persuasibility noun
• nonpersuasible adjective
• unpersuasible adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of persuasible¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin persuāsibilis convincing, equivalent to persuās ( us ) (past participle of persuādēre to persuade; suasion ) + -ibil ( is ) -ible

Example Sentences

It certainly was not a thing persuasible. 

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