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per·vi·ous

(pûr

s) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Open to passage or entrance; permeable.
Open to arguments, ideas, or change; approachable.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin pervius : per-, through ; see per- + via, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
pervi·ous·ly(Adverb), pervi·ous·ness(Noun)

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