Per"vi*ous (?), a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See Per-, and Voyage.] 1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.

[Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way.

2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.]

God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye.

3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] Prior.

4. (Zoöl.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.