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perfectible

[ per-fek-tuh-buhl ]
/ pərˈfɛk tə bəl /

adjective

capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.

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Origin of perfectible

1625–35; <French <Medieval Latin perfectibilis.See perfect, -ible

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British Dictionary definitions for perfectible

perfectible
/ (pəˈfɛktəbəl) /

adjective

capable of becoming or being made perfect

Derived forms of perfectible

perfectibility, noun
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