dissoluble

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Latin dissolubilis, itself from dissolvere (“to dissolve”) (from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to solve”) + -bilis (“-able”).

Every animal, therefore, is necessarily mortal, dissoluble, and divisible." — Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth, Marcus Tullius Cicero
Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. — Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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. — Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

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