perviousadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːvɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈpərviəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pervius , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pervius allowing passage through, accessible, perforated, making one's way through, penetrating ( < per- per- prefix + via way: see via n.) + -ous suffix. Compare Italian pervio (a1375). Compare earlier perviable adj.

a. Allowing the passage of water, air, etc., through its substance; permeable. Frequently with to.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [adjective] > permeable

pervious1627

permeable1773

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > permeating > permeable

portuall1603

pervious1627

permeable1773

1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) iv. sig. F5 Make the strooke ear[t]h to deluge peruious.

1662 R. Boyle Examen Mr. T. Hobbs iii. 23 in New Exper. Physico-mechanicall (ed. 2) Glass also is pervious to the Air.

a1718 T. Parnell Vigil of Venus in Poems Several Occasions (1722) 61 With fertil Seed she fill'd the pervious Earth.

1779 W. Cowper Pineapple & Bee 10 The frame was tight, And only pervious to the light.

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 22 A coarse argillaceous gravel, pervious to water.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. viii. 184 Melloni..found crystals of the element sulphur to be highly pervious to radiant heat.

1937 C. F. Tolman Ground Water ii. 37 An aquiclude is porous but not pervious to water moved by gravity.

1992 New Scientist 13 June 57/2 The mention of pervious asphalt..is not the first time that the advantages of this material have been mentioned.

b. gen. Allowing passage through; offering passage or entrance; lying open to.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be

trespassablec1400

permeable?a1439

passable1483

travellable1521

passageable1574

perviable1610

transpassable1614

perviousa1631

commerceable1654

traversable1658

practicable1710

viable1856

crossable1865

negotiable1880

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > that may be passed through

permeable?a1439

transpassable1614

transpenetrable1615

perviousa1631

pertransible1656

thoroughfaresome1674

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 140 If looking up to God; or downe to us, Thou finde that any way is pervious, Twixt heav'n and earth.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iii. 35 Every Country is pervious to a wise man; for the whole world is the Country of a wise soul.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 1056 The bolted Valves are pervious to her flight.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. lviii. 445 So large a circuit must have yielded many pervious points.

1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists iii. 172 A time when the Highlands were much less pervious..to Lowland tourists.

1962 D. Walcott In Green Night 32 To Anglo Catholic prayers Heaven will be pervious.

1991 M. Bragg Maid of Buttermere (BNC) 104 The brightening daylight—the grey was peeling to white and the white here and there pervious to a faint yellow flash of sunlight.

c. figurative. That can be penetrated by the intellect; readily intelligible; transparent; open to examination or scrutiny. Also of a person, etc.: accessible or susceptible to influence or argument; impressionable; tractable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]

understandinga1382

sensiblea1393

knowablea1425

perceivablec1443

takablec1449

understandablec1475

intendible1489

intentiblea1492

intelligible1509

facile1531

level1559

discernable1561

receptible1574

intendable?1577

excogitable1592

penetrable1594

comprehensible1598

scrutablec1604

distinguishable1611

discernible1616

perviousa1631

fathomable1633

cognoscible1648

colligible1650

determinable1658

intelligent1676

cognizable1681

apprehensive1692

susceptible1694

tangible1709

apprehensible1715

pronounced1728

comprehendible1814

graspable1818

prehensiblea1832

prononcé1838

possible1864

receivable1865

unsmothered1891

readable1908

discriminable1946

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > persuaded > able to be

suadible1382

persuasible1502

flexible?1531

suasible1582

persuadable1598

prevailable1679

influenceable1859

pervious1876

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. iv. §1 In exposition of places of Scripture, which he alwaies makes so liquid, and pervious.

a1631 J. Donne Litanie in Poems (1633) 180 From being spies, or to spies pervious..deliver us.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 307 Sees all things from top to bottom, as pervious and transparent.

1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals III. 18 Hughs had been also a Thief..to which as he frankly own'd he was drawn by his own pervious Inclinations, rather than the Persuasions of any of his Companions.

1768 A. Dow tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan (1772) 339 The most distant and inaccessible provinces became pervious to his authority.

a1811 R. Paine Wks. (1812) ii. 178 Let us shun the rapt seer's loftier flight, For paths more pervious to our ken of sight.

1876 R. W. Emerson Cupido in Sel. Poems 180 The solid, solid universe Is pervious to Love.

1902 Scotsman 17 Jan. 4/6 The Boer mind..pervious to reason and the logic of facts.

1989 Group & Human Rights (S.A. Law Commission Project 58) 48 National borders are pervious to international human rights scrutiny in some cases for some purposes.

†d. Zoology and Botany. Open, patent; perforated. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > spreading or divergent

spoky1551

patulous1657

spreading1682

patent1753

divaricate1788

pervious1789

straddling1796

1789 A. Phillip Voy. Botany Bay 160 Length nineteen or twenty inches: bill three inches, stout and of a pale yellow: nostrils pervious: the crown of the head black.

1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 14* Primula... Cor. throat pervious, tube cylindrical.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 373 The nostrils are very large and pervious, whereas those of the true Vultures are separated by an impervious septum.

†2. Having the quality of passing through; penetrating, permeating, pervasive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > permeating

permeant1646

permeative1657

permeable1661

permeating1661

perviousa1677

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. v. 229 They [sc. the bodies of saints] have an agility to move from place to place.., like light; to have their way free and pervious through all places, and can penetrate wheresoever they please.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 496 What is this little agile, pervious Fire, This flutt'ring motion, which we call the mind?

1794 J. Trusler Habitable World Described XV. 287 My innumerable and pervious rides and walks, through different parts of the kingdom.

a1849 H. Coleridge Poems (1850) II. 344 His mortal clay Abolish'd quite, or blent with pervious air.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pervious
释义	perviousadj. Brit. /ˈpəːvɪəs/, U.S. /ˈpərviəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pervius , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pervius allowing passage through, accessible, perforated, making one's way through, penetrating ( < per- per- prefix + via way: see via n.) + -ous suffix. Compare Italian pervio (a1375). Compare earlier perviable adj. 1. a. Allowing the passage of water, air, etc., through its substance; permeable. Frequently with to. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [adjective] > permeable pervious1627 permeable1773 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > permeating > permeable portuall1603 pervious1627 permeable1773 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) iv. sig. F5 Make the strooke ear[t]h to deluge peruious. 1662 R. Boyle Examen Mr. T. Hobbs iii. 23 in New Exper. Physico-mechanicall (ed. 2) Glass also is pervious to the Air. a1718 T. Parnell Vigil of Venus in Poems Several Occasions (1722) 61 With fertil Seed she fill'd the pervious Earth. 1779 W. Cowper Pineapple & Bee 10 The frame was tight, And only pervious to the light. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 22 A coarse argillaceous gravel, pervious to water. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. viii. 184 Melloni..found crystals of the element sulphur to be highly pervious to radiant heat. 1937 C. F. Tolman Ground Water ii. 37 An aquiclude is porous but not pervious to water moved by gravity. 1992 New Scientist 13 June 57/2 The mention of pervious asphalt..is not the first time that the advantages of this material have been mentioned. b. gen. Allowing passage through; offering passage or entrance; lying open to. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be trespassablec1400 permeable?a1439 passable1483 travellable1521 passageable1574 perviable1610 transpassable1614 perviousa1631 commerceable1654 traversable1658 practicable1710 viable1856 crossable1865 negotiable1880 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > that may be passed through permeable?a1439 transpassable1614 transpenetrable1615 perviousa1631 pertransible1656 thoroughfaresome1674 a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 140 If looking up to God; or downe to us, Thou finde that any way is pervious, Twixt heav'n and earth. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iii. 35 Every Country is pervious to a wise man; for the whole world is the Country of a wise soul. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 1056 The bolted Valves are pervious to her flight. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. lviii. 445 So large a circuit must have yielded many pervious points. 1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists iii. 172 A time when the Highlands were much less pervious..to Lowland tourists. 1962 D. Walcott In Green Night 32 To Anglo Catholic prayers Heaven will be pervious. 1991 M. Bragg Maid of Buttermere (BNC) 104 The brightening daylight—the grey was peeling to white and the white here and there pervious to a faint yellow flash of sunlight. c. figurative. That can be penetrated by the intellect; readily intelligible; transparent; open to examination or scrutiny. Also of a person, etc.: accessible or susceptible to influence or argument; impressionable; tractable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective] understandinga1382 sensiblea1393 knowablea1425 perceivablec1443 takablec1449 understandablec1475 intendible1489 intentiblea1492 intelligible1509 facile1531 level1559 discernable1561 receptible1574 intendable?1577 excogitable1592 penetrable1594 comprehensible1598 scrutablec1604 distinguishable1611 discernible1616 perviousa1631 fathomable1633 cognoscible1648 colligible1650 determinable1658 intelligent1676 cognizable1681 apprehensive1692 susceptible1694 tangible1709 apprehensible1715 pronounced1728 comprehendible1814 graspable1818 prehensiblea1832 prononcé1838 possible1864 receivable1865 unsmothered1891 readable1908 discriminable1946 the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > persuaded > able to be suadible1382 persuasible1502 flexible?1531 suasible1582 persuadable1598 prevailable1679 influenceable1859 pervious1876 a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. iv. §1 In exposition of places of Scripture, which he alwaies makes so liquid, and pervious. a1631 J. Donne Litanie in Poems (1633) 180 From being spies, or to spies pervious..deliver us. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 307 Sees all things from top to bottom, as pervious and transparent. 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals III. 18 Hughs had been also a Thief..to which as he frankly own'd he was drawn by his own pervious Inclinations, rather than the Persuasions of any of his Companions. 1768 A. Dow tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan (1772) 339 The most distant and inaccessible provinces became pervious to his authority. a1811 R. Paine Wks. (1812) ii. 178 Let us shun the rapt seer's loftier flight, For paths more pervious to our ken of sight. 1876 R. W. Emerson Cupido in Sel. Poems 180 The solid, solid universe Is pervious to Love. 1902 Scotsman 17 Jan. 4/6 The Boer mind..pervious to reason and the logic of facts. 1989 Group & Human Rights (S.A. Law Commission Project 58) 48 National borders are pervious to international human rights scrutiny in some cases for some purposes. †d. Zoology and Botany. Open, patent; perforated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > spreading or divergent spoky1551 patulous1657 spreading1682 patent1753 divaricate1788 pervious1789 straddling1796 1789 A. Phillip Voy. Botany Bay 160 Length nineteen or twenty inches: bill three inches, stout and of a pale yellow: nostrils pervious: the crown of the head black. 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 14* Primula... Cor. throat pervious, tube cylindrical. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 373 The nostrils are very large and pervious, whereas those of the true Vultures are separated by an impervious septum. †2. Having the quality of passing through; penetrating, permeating, pervasive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > permeating permeant1646 permeative1657 permeable1661 permeating1661 perviousa1677 a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. v. 229 They [sc. the bodies of saints] have an agility to move from place to place.., like light; to have their way free and pervious through all places, and can penetrate wheresoever they please. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 496 What is this little agile, pervious Fire, This flutt'ring motion, which we call the mind? 1794 J. Trusler Habitable World Described XV. 287 My innumerable and pervious rides and walks, through different parts of the kingdom. a1849 H. Coleridge Poems (1850) II. 344 His mortal clay Abolish'd quite, or blent with pervious air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1627
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