pliant

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈplaɪənt/

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

Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking.
“a pliant thread”
“pliant wax”
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; […]”