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impertransible

impertransible adjective: impermeable.

Adjective

impertransible (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, almost always said of clay) impermeable

Origin of impertransible

From Latin im- (“not”) + pertransire (“to go through”). See per- and transient.

Questions about impertransible

What does impertransible mean?
Impertransible means impermeable.
What part of speech is impertransible?
Impertransible is an adjective.

Words near impertransible in the dictionary

  1. impertinent
  2. impertinently
  3. impertinentness
  4. impertinents
  5. impertransibility
  6. impertransible
  7. imperturbabilities
  8. imperturbability
  9. imperturbable
  10. imperturbableness
  11. imperturbably

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