Etymology

dissipable

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Today it means: Capable of being dissipated or dispersed. Full definition →

Latin dissipābilis
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  1. Latin · derived fromdissipābilis
  2. English todaydissipable

From Latin dissipābilis, from dissipāre, also written dissupare (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supare (“to throw”).

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