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spirable

spirable adjective: capable of being breathed; respirable.

Adjective

spirable (comparative more spirable, superlative most spirable)

  1. (obsolete) Capable of being breathed; respirable.
    • spirable matter
    • ...but the spirable odor & pestilent steame ascending from it, put him out of his bias of congruity...1599, Thomas Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe

Forms of spirable

comparativemore spirable
superlativemost spirable

Origin of spirable

Latin spirabilis.

Questions about spirable

What does spirable mean?
Spirable means capable of being breathed; respirable.
What part of speech is spirable?
Spirable is an adjective.

Words near spirable in the dictionary

  1. spionid
  2. spionids
  3. spionkopite
  4. spiperone
  5. spir't
  6. spirable
  7. spiracle
  8. spiracles
  9. spiracula
  10. spiracular
  11. spiraculate

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