Defn: Of or pertaining to the Passeres. The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith.
PASSERINE
Pas"ser*ine, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Passeres.
PASSIBILITY
Pas`si*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. passibilitas: cf. F. passibilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility. Hakewill.
PASSIBLE Pas"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. passibilis, fr. pati, to suffer: cf. F. passible. See Passion.]
Defn: Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from
external agents.
Apolinarius, which held even deity itself passible. Hooker.
PASSIBLENESS
Pas"si*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Passibility. Brerewood.
PASSIFLORA Pas"si*flo"ra, n. Etym: [NL., from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)