The Collaborative International Dictionary
Respirable \Re*spir"a*ble\ (r?*sp?r"?*b'l or r?s"p?*r?*b'l), a. Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration. -- Re*spir"a*ble*ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of air English) breathable 2 (context of an organism English) capable of respiration
Usage examples of "respirable".
Once, on the subject of education, which Marius wished to have free and obligatory, multiplied under all forms lavished on every one, like the air and the sun in a word, respirable for the entire population, they were in unison, and they almost conversed.
The balmy air, pure, living, joyful, freely respirable, flowed around him.
Once, on the subject of education, which Marius wished gratuitous and obligatory, multiplied under all forms, lavished upon all like the air and the sunshine, in one word, respirable by the entire people, they fell into unison and almost into a conversation.
At a certain depth, the excavations become impenetrable to the soul of civilisation, the respirable limit of man is passed.