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pervious

Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.vɪ.əs/

The English word “pervious” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Often followed by to: capable of being penetrated by another body or substance, such as air or water; admitting passage.
  2. Capable of being seen through; open to being examined; patent, unconcealed.
  3. Capable of being penetrated mentally; intelligible, understandable.
  4. Of a person, etc.: susceptible to being influenced by arguments, ideas, etc.; impressionable, tractable.
  5. Capable of penetrating or permeating.
  6. Of a body structure (especially the nostril of a bird): having a hole, perforate; also, wide open.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pervius (“having a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable”) + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Pervius is derived from per- (prefix denoting doing something all the way through or entirely) + via (“road, street; method, way; (figurative) course, route”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives)

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