penetrable
(adjective) admitting of penetration or passage into or through; “a penetrable wall”; “penetrable defenses”
penetrable
(adjective) capable of being penetrated; “penetrable defenses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
penetrable (comparative more penetrable, superlative most penetrable)
Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Also figuratively.
• impenetrable
• repentable
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"e*tra*ble, a. Etym: [L. penetrabilus: cf. F. pénétrable.]
Definition: Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. And pierce his only penetrable part. Dryden. I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. Shak.
– Pen"e*tra*ble*ness, n.
– Pen"e*tra*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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.
