perflable

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adjective

Capable of being blown through; permeable to air currents.

OriginLatin perflābilis →
First used 15th–19th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectiveperflable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteCapable of being blown through; permeable to air currents.First known use 15th–19th c.

    Epicurus makes the Gods, bright-shining, transparent and perflable, placed as it were betweene two Forts, betweene two Worlds […].

    , II.12

Origin

  1. Latinperflābilis
  2. Englishperflable

From Latin perflābilis. Compare perflate.

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APA

perflable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perflable

MLA

“perflable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perflable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perflable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perflable.

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