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pervious

per·vious

UK/ˈpɜː.vɪ.əs/ US/ˈpɜɹ.vi.əs/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

admitting of passage or entrance

  • “pervious soil”
  • “a metal pervious to heat”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin pervius (“having a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable”) + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Pervius is derived from per- (prefix denoting doing something all the way through or entirely) + via (“road, street; method, way; (figurative) course, route”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives)

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