dissipable

English

Etymology

From Latin dissipābilis, from dissipāre, also written dissupare (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supare (“to throw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪsɪˌpɪbəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪsɪˌpɪbl̩/
• Rhymes: -ɪbəl

Adjective

dissipable (comparative more dissipable, superlative most dissipable)

1. (obsolete) Capable of being dissipated or dispersed.
   • 1603, Philemon Holland, Plutarch's Philosophie, Commonly Called the Morals, published 1041:

     A substance dissipable and apt to be dispersed.

Derived terms

• indissipable

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dissipable”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.