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penetrable (adj.)
early 15c., "penetrating" (a sense now rare or obsolete), from Latin penetrabilis "penetrable, vulnerable," from penetrare (see penetrate). Meaning "capable of being entered or pierced by another body" is attested from 1530s; figurative use by 1590s. Related: Penetrability.
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