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pervious
English
Etymology
Latin pervius.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??.vi.?s/
- Rhymes: -??(r)vi?s
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.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- (obsolete) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)
- (zoology) open; perforate, as applied to the nostrils of birds
Antonyms
- impervious
Translations
See also
- permeable
- porous
Anagrams
- previous, viperous
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lacy
English
Etymology
From lace +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?le?.si/
Adjective
lacy (comparative lacier, superlative laciest)
- Made of lace or decorated with it.
- lacy lingerie
- Looking like lace.
Translations
Anagrams
- Clay, acyl, clay
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