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Definition of pervious - 3 dictionary results

per⋅vi⋅ous

  [pur-vee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
2. open or accessible to reason, feeling, argument, etc.
Origin:
1605–15; < L pervius passable, equiv. to per- per- + vi(a) way, road + -us adj. suffix; see -ous

Related forms:
per⋅vi⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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per·vi·ous   (pûr'vē-əs)   
adj.  

  1. Open to passage or entrance; permeable.

  2. Open to arguments, ideas, or change; approachable.


[From Latin pervius : per-, through; see per- + via, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
per'vi·ous·ly adv., per'vi·ous·ness n.
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pervious per·vi·ous (pûr'vē-əs)
adj.
Open to passage or entrance; permeable.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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