perspirable

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/ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl//pə(ɹ)ˈspaɪɹəbəl/

adjective

Capable of being perspired.

OriginLatin perspīrābilis ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? ← Proto-Italic *peri- →
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Meanings

adjectiveperspirable (comparative more perspirable, superlative most perspirable)

comparative more perspirable · superlative most perspirable

  1. Capable of being perspired.

    electrics will not commonly attract, except they grow hot, or become perspirable

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  2. Emitting perspiration; perspiring.

    children likewise are not hairy , for that their skins are more perspirable

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Italic*peri-
  3. Latinper-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  5. Latinspīrō
  6. Latinperspīrō
  7. Latinperspīrābilis
  8. Englishperspirable

Borrowed from Latin perspīrābilis. By surface analysis, perspire + -able.

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Translations

French perspirable
  • perspirablecapable of perspiration
Latin perspīrābilis
  • perspīrābiliscapable of perspiration
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APA

perspirable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspirable

MLA

“perspirable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspirable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perspirable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspirable.

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