"perfectible" meaning in English

See perfectible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more perfectible [comparative], most perfectible [superlative]
Etymology: From perfect + -ible. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|perfect|ible}} perfect + -ible Head templates: {{en-adj}} perfectible (comparative more perfectible, superlative most perfectible)
  1. Able to be perfected; capable of perfection. Derived forms: perfectibility, perfectibly Translations (able to be perfected; capable of perfection): vervollkommnungsfähig (German)

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