BREATHABLE

Etymology

Adjective

breathable (comparative more breathable, superlative most breathable)

(of air) suitable for breathing

Antonym: unbreathable

(of a fabric, etc.) Letting air seep through.

Source: Wiktionary


Breath"a*ble, a.

Definition: Such as can be breathed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 November 2024

NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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