PERMISSIBLE

permissible, allowable

(adjective) that may be permitted especially as according to rule; “permissible behavior in school”; “a permissible tax deduction”

permissible

(adjective) that may be accepted or conceded; “a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

permissible (comparative more permissible, superlative most permissible)

permitted.

Synonyms

• allowable

Anagrams

• impressible

Source: Wiktionary


Per*mis"si*ble, a.

Definition: That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.

– Per*mis"si*ble*ness, n.

– Per*mis"si*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 March 2024

HUDDLED

(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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