PERVIOUS

pervious

(adjective) admitting of passage or entrance; “pervious soil”; “a metal pervious to heat”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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