Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER-SPI'RA-BLE
PER-SPI-RA-BIL'I-TYPER-SPI-RA'TION
PER-SPI'RA-BLE, a. [from L. perspiro. See Perspire.]
- That may be perspired; that may be evacuated through the pores of the skin. – Arbuthnot.
- Emitting perspiration. [Not proper.] – Bacon.
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