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pliable

adj
/ˈplaɪəbəl/

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -able. Compare pliant.

  1. derived from ploiable

Definitions

  1. Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.

    • You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.

  2. Easily persuaded

    Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.

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Derived

impliable, nonpliable, pliableness, pliably, unpliable

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pliable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at pliable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at pliable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA