perspirable
adj/ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/ · /pə(ɹ)ˈspaɪɹəbəl/
Etymology From perspire + -able. Compare French perspirable.
1
Capable of being perspired.
- electrics will not commonly attract, except they grow hot, or become perspirable1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
2
Emitting perspiration; perspiring.
- children likewise are not hairy , for that their skins are more perspirable1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- unperspirable