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

Derived Forms

• disˌsoluˈbility, noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissoluble¹

C16: from Latin dissolūbilis, from dissolvere to dissolve

Example Sentences

But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue, for Beth still seemed among them, a peaceful presence, invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble.

From Literature

Like the commonest form of marriage, it was consummated without any ceremony, and was dissoluble at will.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Then reflect ... that the soul is in the very likeness of the divine, and immortal and intelligible and uniform and unchangeable; and the body is in the very likeness of the human, and mortal and unintelligible and multiform and dissoluble and changeable.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dissolved