penetrable
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Adjective (2)
- admitting of penetration or passage into or through“a penetrable wall”“penetrable defenses”Opposite impenetrable
- capable of being penetrated“penetrable defenses”Opposite invulnerableSimilar vulnerable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pen′e·tra·ble adjective
Origin: L. penetrabilus: cf. F. pénétrable.
Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.
And pierce his only penetrable part.— John Dryden
I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats.— William Shakespeare
— Pen′wb-a1′>′e·tra·ble·ness, noun — Pen′wb-a1′>′e·tra·bly, adverb
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54