penetrable

[ pen-i-truh-buh l ]

/ ˈpɛn ɪ trə bəl /

capable of being penetrated.

Origin of penetrable

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin penetrābilis, equivalent to penetrā(re) to penetrate + -bilis -ble

pen·e·tra·bil·i·ty, pen·e·tra·ble·ness, noun pen·e·tra·bly, adverb non·pen·e·tra·bil·i·ty, noun non·pen·e·tra·ble, adjective

non·pen·e·tra·bly, adverb self-pen·e·tra·bil·i·ty, noun trans·pen·e·tra·ble, adjective un·pen·e·tra·ble, adjective un·pen·e·tra·bly, adverb

This land so briefly shadowed forth was penetrable only in summer: that he well knew.

The Rules of the Game |Stewart Edward White
Callum, flint to other considerations, was penetrable to superstition.

Waverley |Sir Walter Scott
The water about us turned a blue that none there had ever seen, so turquoise, so cerulean, so penetrable by the eye!

1492 |Mary Johnston
He is not made of penetrable stuff, and need waste no thought on the Scottish ballads.

The Balladists |John Geddie

The niche set apart for them to inhabit in our secret hearts is not penetrable by the lights and noises of common day.

Tolstoy on Shakespeare |Leo Tolstoy