A cultural research into the opposite signifiance of this adjectives

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Porous (definition)

po·rous

[pawr-uh s, pohr-]
–adjective
1. full of pores.
2. permeable by water, air, etc.
 
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, var. of porose  < ML porōsus. See pore2 , -ous

Synonyms penetrable, pervious, sievelike, riddled.
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