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Pervious

//ˈpɜː.vɪ.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Often followed by to: capable of being penetrated by another body or substance, such as air or water; admitting passage.

    "Near-synonym: porous"

  2. 2
    Capable of being seen through; open to being examined; patent, unconcealed. figuratively

    "[I]n their [i.e., the Egyptians'] ceremonies they uſually made three acclamations to the unknovvn Darkneſs; that is, to God, vvhoſe ſecrets are pervious to no eye, vvhoſe dvvelling is in a light that is not to be diſcerned, vvhoſe myſteries are not to be underſtood by us, and vvhoſe Sacraments are objects of faith and vvonder, but not to be diſordered by the miſtaking, undiſcerning eye of people that are curious to ask after vvhat they ſhall never underſtand."

  3. 3
    Capable of being penetrated mentally; intelligible, understandable. figuratively

    "[…] Saint Auguſtine for ſharpe inſight, and concluſive judgement, in expoſition of places of Scripture, vvhich he alvvaies makes ſo liquid, and pervious, […] hath ſcarce been equalled therein, by any of the VVriters in the Church of God, […]"

  4. 4
    Of a person, etc.: susceptible to being influenced by arguments, ideas, etc.; impressionable, tractable. figuratively
  5. 5
    Capable of penetrating or permeating. obsolete

    "The bodies of the Saints, […] have an agility to move from place to place vvith ſpeed and ſubtility like light; to have their vvay free and pervious through all places, and can penetrate vvhereſoever they pleaſe."

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  1. 6
    Of a body structure (especially the nostril of a bird): having a hole, perforate; also, wide open. obsolete

    "The noſtrils are very large, and pervious: the vvhole plumage is duſky, daſhed vvith purple and green: legs of a dirty fleſh-color: clavvs black."

Adjective
  1. 1
    admitting of passage or entrance wordnet

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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