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English
Etymology
From perspire + -able. Compare French perspirable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈspaɪɹəbəl/
Adjective
perspirable (comparative more perspirable, superlative most perspirable)
- Capable of being perspired.
- Emitting perspiration; perspiring.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis , “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:children likewise are not hairy , for that their skins are more perspirable
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