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maniable

adj

Etymology

From Middle English manyable, from Middle French maniable, from manier (“to manage”), from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, man(us) + -i- + -able.

  1. derived from manus
  2. derived from maniable
  3. inherited from manyable

Definitions

  1. manageable

    • [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; […]

The neighborhood

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