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English
Etymology
From Latin dissipābilis, from dissipāre, also written dissupare (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supare (“to throw”).
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Adjective
dissipable (comparative more dissipable, superlative most dissipable)
- (obsolete) Capable of being dissipated or dispersed.
1603, Philemon Holland, Plutarch's Philosophie, Commonly Called the Morals, published 1041:A substance dissipable and apt to be dispersed.
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