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Definition of Imperviable
1. Adjective. Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected. "Someone impervious to argument"
Also: Impermeable
Similar to: Fast, Acid-fast, Colorfast, Greaseproof, Moth-resistant, Mothproof, Proof, Resistant, Corrosion-resistant, Rot-resistant, Ladder-proof, Run-resistant, Runproof, Soundproof
Derivative terms: Imperviousness
Antonyms: Pervious
Definition of Imperviable
1. a. Not pervious; impervious.
Definition of Imperviable
1. Adjective. impervious ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperviable
Literary usage of Imperviable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In waterproofing loosely woven fabrics it becomes necessary to fill up the
interstices between the threads with imperviable ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The packet was composed of strong thick paper, imperviable by the curious eyes
of the gossips, though they stared as if they would burst from their ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1863)
"A feeling of bewilderment, of melancholy, took possession of us at the sight of
these apparently boundless imperviable wastes—a fooling much akin to that ..."
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