Meanings
comparative more dissoluble · superlative most dissoluble
- Which can be dissolved or disintegrated.
1 more example
[T]he Pebles, Pyritæ, Amber, or other like Nodules, vvhich happened to be repoſed in thoſe Cliffs, amongſt the Earth ſo beaten dovvn, being hard, and not ſo diſſoluble, and likevviſe more bulky and ponderous, are left behind upon the Shores, being impeded, and ſecured, by that their bulk and vveight, from being born along vvith the Terreſtrial Matter into the Sea.
1695, John Woodward, “Part IV. Of the Origin and Formation of Metalls and Minerals.”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC, page 220Synonyms: dissolvable, soluble, dissolvent, disintegrative · Antonyms: undissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWhich can be dissolved or disintegrated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of dissolving
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Origin
- Latindissolubilis
- Englishdissoluble
From Latin dissolubilis, itself from dissolvere (“to dissolve”) (from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to solve”) + -bilis (“-able”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разтворим
- разтворим (raztvorim)which can be dissolved or disintegrated
Japanese 溶ける, 溶かせる
- 溶ける (tokeru)which can be dissolved or disintegrated
- 溶かせる (tokaseru)which can be dissolved or disintegrated
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