penetrable
/ˈpɛnətɹəbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
adj
Capable of being fully understood.
Example Sentences
- "On the east the high mountain-chain of Zagros, penetrable only in one or two places, forms a barrier of the most marked character, and is beyond a doubt the natural limit for which we are looking."
- "A Boer may know you, but it will take you some time to know him, and when a certain stage in your acquaintance is reached, you may begin to wonder whether his real nature is penetrable at all."
- "A capacity is cognitively penetrable in this sense if that capacity is affected by the subject's knowledge or ignorance of the domain."
Etymology
From Middle English penetrable, penytrable, from Old French penetrable, from Medieval Latin penetrābilis.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: penetrable, penetrābilis
Inflected Forms
more penetrable (comparative)
most penetrable (superlative)