perspirable

English

Etymology

From perspire +‎ -able. Compare French perspirable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈspaɪɹəbəl/

Adjective

perspirable (comparative more perspirable, superlative most perspirable)

1. Capable of being perspired.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     electrics will not commonly attract, except they grow hot, or become perspirable

2. Emitting perspiration; perspiring.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     children likewise are not hairy , for that their skins are more perspirable

References

• “perspirable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.