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Pliant

//ˈplaɪənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking.

    "a pliant thread"

  2. 2
    Easily influenced; tractable. figuratively

    "I muſt haue wanton Poets, pleaſant wits, Muſitians, that with touching of a ſtring May draw the pliant king which way I pleaſe: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking wordnet
  2. 2
    able to adjust readily to different conditions wordnet
  3. 3
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out wordnet
  4. 4
    capable of being influenced or formed wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English pliaunt, from Old French ploiant, present participle of ploiier (“to fold”).

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