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. a less common word for soluble

Other Word Forms

• dissolubility noun
• dissolubleness noun
• redissoluble adjective
• redissolubleness noun
• redissolubly adverb
• undissoluble 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

But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue, for Beth still seemed among them, a peaceful presence, invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble.

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Like the commonest form of marriage, it was consummated without any ceremony, and was dissoluble at will.

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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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On the other hand the golden mean between an easily dissoluble relationship, more like an alliance than a federation, and a national system resulting from synoecism was practically never attained in early Greek history.

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The law of the Catholic Church treats marriage as a sacramental contract dissoluble only by death, but the Hindu law goes further by declaring against the remarriage of widows.

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