perfectible

[ per-fek-tuh-buhl ]

adjective
  1. capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.

Origin of perfectible

1
1625–35; <French <Medieval Latin perfectibilis.See perfect, -ible

Other words from perfectible

  • per·fect·i·bil·ist, noun
  • per·fect·i·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·per·fect·i·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·per·fect·i·ble, adjective
  • self-per·fect·i·bil·i·ty, noun
  • un·per·fect·i·ble, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for perfectible

perfectible

/ (pəˈfɛktəbəl) /


adjective
  1. capable of becoming or being made perfect

Derived forms of perfectible

  • perfectibility, noun

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