malleable
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malleable
- /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/
- [ˈmaɫiəbəɫ] UK
- [ˈmæɫiəbɫ̩] US
- [ˈmɛɫiəbɫ̩] New Zealand
- [-bɯ] New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).
adjective more malleable · most malleable
- Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
- Flexible, liable to change. My opinion on the subject is malleable.
- in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
