pliant
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pliant
- /ˈplaɪənt/
Rhymes with -aɪənt
Where it comes from
From Middle English pliaunt, from Old French ploiant, present participle of ploiier (“to fold”).
adjective more pliant · most pliant
- Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking. a pliant thread
- 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: […]
