POROUS


Meaning of POROUS in English

adj.1 full of pores.

2 letting through air, water, etc.

3 (of an argument, security system, etc.) leaky, admitting infiltration.

Derivatives:

porosity n. porously adv. porousness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF poreux f. med.L porosus f. L porus PORE(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.