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perspirable

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/

perspirable adjective: capable of being perspired.

Adjective

perspirable (comparative more perspirable, superlative most perspirable)

  1. Capable of being perspired.
    • electrics will not commonly attract, except they grow hot, or become perspirable1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  2. Emitting perspiration; perspiring.
    • children likewise are not hairy , for that their skins are more perspirable1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...

perspirable meaning in Tamil

perspirable in Tamil

வியர்வை ஊடுசெல்ல விடுகிற, வியர்வையுடன் வெளியேற்றப்படக்கூடிய

Forms of perspirable

comparativemore perspirable
superlativemost perspirable

Origin of perspirable

Borrowed from Latin perspīrābilis. By surface analysis, perspire + -able.

Words formed from perspirable

Questions about perspirable

What does perspirable mean?
Perspirable means capable of being perspired.
What is perspirable in Tamil?
Perspirable in Tamil is வியர்வை ஊடுசெல்ல விடுகிற, வியர்வையுடன் வெளியேற்றப்படக்கூடிய. See Perspirable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is perspirable?
Perspirable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce perspirable?
Perspirable is pronounced /ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/.

Words near perspirable in the dictionary

  1. perspicuity
  2. perspicuous
  3. perspicuously
  4. perspicuousness
  5. perspirability
  6. perspirable
  7. perspirant
  8. perspirants
  9. perspirate
  10. perspirated
  11. perspirates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perspirable (page history and authors); perspirable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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