perspirable

English

Etymology

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.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, 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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “perspirable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)