This week's theme: words better known in their negative forms. pervious (PUR-vee-uhs) adjective
1. Permeable; open to passage or penetration. 2. Open to suggestions, arguments, reason, change, etc. [From Latin pervius, from per- (through) + via (way). Ultimately from Indo-European root wegh (to go, to transport) that is also the source of way, away, wagon, vogue, wiggle, vehicle, voyage, convey, weight, previous, trivial, and vex.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=pervious -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "There is some sense in this: architecture is more pervious to consensual norms than any other area of human endeavour -- which is why it is much easier to date a building than a page of prose." Jonathan Meades; From Po-Mo to So-so; New Statesman; Dec 20, 1996. Sponsored by: Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 And you? Get your message about your business, products, or services to more than half-million readers in this space. Contact us at sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it. -Earl Wilson, columnist (1907-1987) Share the magic of words. Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/pervious.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pervious.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pervious.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
