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pervious

1 antonym for pervious — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Allowing something such as air or water to pass through it, often used with 'to'.

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1. adj

Allowing something such as air or water to pass through it, often used with 'to'.

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2. adj

Able to be seen through or looked into closely; not hidden.

3. adj

Easy for the mind to grasp; able to be understood.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pervius (“having a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable”), to which English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance) was added. Pervius itself derives from per- (prefix denoting doing something all the way through or entirely) plus via (“ro...

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