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PERVIOUS
pervious
(adjective) admitting of passage or entrance; “pervious soil”; “a metal pervious to heat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pervious (comparative more pervious, superlative most pervious)
Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable.
Accepting of new ideas.
Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
(obsolete) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
(zoology) open; perforate, as applied to the nostrils of birds
Antonyms
• impervious
Anagrams
• previous, viperous
Source: Wiktionary
Per"vi*ous, a. Etym: [L. pervis; per + via a way. See Per-, and Voyage.]
1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil. [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way. Pope.
2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.] God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. Jer. Taylor.
3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] Prior.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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