impressionable

English

Etymology

From French impressionnable. See also impressible.

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
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