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perspicable

perspicable adjective: discernible.

Adjective

perspicable (comparative more perspicable, superlative most perspicable)

  1. (obsolete) discernible
    • I fancied that I saw the Fire and a Serpent engraven : which being most obvious to wind and weather , is most worn and least perspicable1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

Forms of perspicable

comparativemore perspicable
superlativemost perspicable

Origin of perspicable

From Latin perspicabilis, from perspicere.

Questions about perspicable

What does perspicable mean?
Perspicable means discernible.
What part of speech is perspicable?
Perspicable is an adjective.

Words near perspicable in the dictionary

  1. perspectography
  2. perspectometer
  3. perspectometers
  4. perspecuity
  5. perspex
  6. perspicable
  7. perspicacious
  8. perspicaciously
  9. perspicaciousness
  10. perspicacities
  11. perspicacity

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