porous, poriferous
(adjective) full of pores or vessels or holes
holey, porous
(adjective) allowing passage in and out; “our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous”
porous
(adjective) able to absorb fluids; “the partly porous walls of our digestive system”; “compacting the soil to make it less porous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
porous (comparative more porous, superlative most porous)
Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
(figurative) With many gaps.
(figurative, by extension) full of loopholes
• (full of holes): permeable
Source: Wiktionary
Por"ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. poreux. See Pore, n.]
Definition: Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. "The veins of porous earth." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
