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Grammar : Adj
Spell : per-mis-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈmɪs ə bəl



Definition of permissible

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French permissible (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin permissibilis, from permiss-, past participle stem of Latin permittere (see permit (v.)).
  • adj allowable, legal
Example sentences :
  • It is permissible to say that there is no such thing as punishment; there are only wrong results.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • In a paper on his books, it is permissible to end with a bookish anecdote.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Reverie was not permissible for a hostess on her reception day.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • Is what is permissible in Covent Garden, criminal in the city?
  • Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
  • This was not permissible according to the notions of that time.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • Whispering is not permissible in company, and it is not necessary in private.
  • Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
  • After an evening's entertainment, it is permissible also to say "Good night" instead.
  • Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
  • It is doubtful whether it is permissible under any circumstances.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • The first may here is permissible; not so, however, the second, which should be can.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • Great latitude is permissible in the strength of solution and density of current.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

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