Maniable
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 manageable obsolete
"[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]"
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More examples"[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English manyable, from Middle French maniable, from manier (“to manage”), from Latin manus (“hand”).
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