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souple¹

  • /ˈsuːpəl/

Rhymes with -uːpəl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French souple; a doublet of supple.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.

souple²

  • /ˈsuːpəl/

Rhymes with -uːpəl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle Scots sowpill, from Middle English swepels, from swepen + -els; a doublet of swipple.

noun souples

  1. A swipple; the part of a flail that strikes the grain.

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@misc{souple_2026,
  title = {souple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/souple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}