It's Merriam Webster's Word of the Day for December 6th.

Today's word is Sensibility, spelled S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Sensibility is a noun.

It's a formal word often used in its plural form to refer to someone's personal or cultural

approach to what they encounter, as in the speaker made sure to tailor his speech to the

sensibilities of his audience.

Sensibility can also be used for the kind of feelings a person tends to have in general,

as well as the ability to feel and understand emotions.

Here's the word used in a sentence from pitchfork.

Lady Gaga's absurdist sensibilities have long been an underrated facet of her work,

probably because she's so good at delivering them with a straight face.

The meanings of the word sensibility run the gamut from mere sensation to excessive sentimentality,

but we're here to help you make sense of it all.

In Between is a capacity for delicate appreciation, a sense often pluralized.

In Jane Austen's books, sensibility is mostly an admirable quality she attributes to or finds lacking in her characters.

He had sensibility to what was amiable and lovely,

of Mr. Elliott in persuasion, for example. In sense and sensibility, however,

Austin starts out by ascribing to Marianne, sensibleness on the one hand, but an excess of sensibility on the other with these words.

Her sorrows, her joys could have no moderation.

She was everything but prudent.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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