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pliant

adj
/ˈplaɪənt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ploiant
  2. inherited from pliaunt

Definitions

  1. Capable of plying or bending

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

    • a pliant thread
    • pliant wax

  2. Easily influenced

    Easily influenced; tractable.

    • I muſt haue wanton Poets, pleaſant wits, Muſitians, that with touching of a ſtring May draw the pliant king which way I pleaſe: […]
    • [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; […]
    • Yet there was pleasant sadness that became Meetly the gentle heart and pliant sense, In that same idlesse—gazing on that brook

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