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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
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Derived Forms

  • disˌsoluˈbility, noun
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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
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dissoluble1

C16: from Latin dissolūbilis, from dissolvere to dissolve
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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