Dictionary entry

Penetrable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pen″e‐tra‐ble (?), a. [L. penetrabilus: cf. F. pénétrable.] Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.

And pierce his only penetrable part. Dryden.

I am not made of stones,

But penetrable to your kind entreats. Shak.

— Pen″e‐tra‐ble‐ness, n. — Pen″e‐tra‐bly, adv.