dissoluble
[dih-sol-yuh-buh l]
adjective
capable of being dissolved: tablets dissoluble in water.
capable of being destroyed, as through disintegration or decomposition.
Origin of dissoluble
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Related Words for dissoluble
breakable, distinct, divided, separated, distinguishable, detachable, dissoluble, dissolvable, dividable, partible, severable, solvable, solvent, dispersible, emulsifiable, resolvableExamples from the Web for dissoluble
Historical Examples of dissoluble
Dissoluble by a cholera germ, a curious blue network under the microscope, not unlike a map of Venice.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
Marriages pro tempore, dissoluble by consent, are not of God's institution, but contrary to it.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4)Richard Baxter
The ground has been taken that woman would lose her dignity if marriages were dissoluble.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12)Robert G. Ingersoll
I felt how frail, how dissoluble, were the fiery links that bound my feeble spirit to that strong immortal.
Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2Elizabeth Sheppard
Therefore, bodies, being doubly begotten, are dissoluble and perishable.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4Plotinos (Plotinus)
dissoluble
adjective
Word Origin for dissoluble
C16: from Latin dissolūbilis, from dissolvere to dissolve
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