pervious

adj.

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

[From Latin pervius : per-, through; see per- + via, way.]

perviously per'vi·ous·ly adv.
perviousness per'vi·ous·ness n.

(PUR-vee-uhs)

adjective
1. Permeable; open to passage or penetration.
2. Open to suggestions, arguments, reason, change, etc.

Etymology
From Latin pervius, from per- (through) + via (way). Ultimately from Indo-European root wegh (to go, to transport) that is also the source of way, away, wagon, vogue, wiggle, vehicle, voyage, convey, weight, previous, trivial, and vex

Usage
"There is some sense in this: architecture is more pervious to consensual norms than any other area of human endeavour -- which is why it is much easier to date a building than a page of prose." — Jonathan Meades; From Po-Mo to So-so; New Statesman; Dec 20, 1996.

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A rock which may be non-porous, but still allows water through via cracks and fissures, although not through pores within the rock. Compare with permeable.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - modtagelig, gennemtrængelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
doordringbaar, toegankelijk, (voor reden) vatbaar

Français (French)
adj. - perméable, (fig) ouvert à

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zugänglich, durchlässig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (δια)περατός

Italiano (Italian)
penetrabile, pervio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pérvio, permeável, acessível

Русский (Russian)
проницаемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - permeable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - otät, genomtränglig, mottaglig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使通过的, 可通的, 让过去的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 使通過的, 可通的, 讓過去的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 투과 시키는, 영향을 받는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 透過させる, 受け容れる, わかる, 通じる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منفذ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חדיר, פתוח (ל-)‬

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