perflable
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin perflābilis. Compare perflate.
Adjective
editperflable (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Capable of being blown through; permeable to air currents. [15th–19th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, II.12:
- Epicurus makes the Gods, bright-shining, transparent and perflable, placed as it were betweene two Forts, betweene two Worlds […].