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pervious
[ pur-vee-uhs ]
adjective
- admitting of passage or entrance; permeable:
pervious soil.
- open or accessible to reason, feeling, argument, etc.:
Unfortunately, she was pervious to whatever rationale had been most recently presented.
pervious
/ ˈɜːɪə /
adjective
- able to be penetrated; permeable
- receptive to new ideas; open-minded
Derived Forms
- ˈdzܲ, adverb
- ˈdzܲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- v·dzܲ·Ա noun
- i·v·dzܲ adjective
- semi·v·dzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·v·dzܲ adjective
- ܲ·v·dzܲ·ly adverb
- un·v·dzܲ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pervious1
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Example Sentences
When he attacked nurse Arnold, he kicked her in the leg where she had suffered a pervious injury, Beck said.
While there are pervious concrete options, Gile is not a fan.
Reminisce about the Bluebonnet Bowl, the postseason game once played in the old Houston Astrodome that was the setting for the only pervious matchup of the Boilermakers and Volunteers in 1979.
The rewritten constitution focuses more on the NCAA’s broader goals of athlete welfare than the pervious version, which took a more granular approach.
Caesars also recently bought naming rights to the Superdome, the home stadium of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, after the New Orleans sports venue’s pervious naming deal with German automaker Mercedes-Benz expired over the summer.
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