dissoluble

[ dih-sol-yuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being dissolved:

   tablets dissoluble in water.

2. capable of being destroyed, as through disintegration or decomposition.

dissoluble

/ dɪˈsɒljʊbəl /

adjective

1. See soluble
   a less common word for soluble

Derived Forms

• disˌsoluˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• dis·solu·bili·ty dis·solu·ble·ness noun
• redis·solu·ble adjective
• redis·solu·ble·ness noun
• redis·solu·bly adverb
• undis·solu·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissoluble¹

1525–35; < Latin dissolūbilis, equivalent to dissolū-, stem of dissolvere to dissolve + -bilis -ble. See dis- ¹, soluble

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissoluble¹

C16: from Latin dissolūbilis, from dissolvere to dissolve

Example Sentences

If, to avoid this, you made marriage dissoluble, you would really make women the slaves of their husbands.

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But marriage, it is said, would be too lightly entered into if it were so easily dissoluble.

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In consequence, he has believed this agent immortal; not dissoluble like the body.

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The ground has been taken that woman would lose her dignity if marriages were dissoluble.

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I felt how frail, how dissoluble, were the fiery links that bound my feeble spirit to that strong immortal.

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Related Words

• dissolved