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malleable

mal·leable

UK/ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/ US/ˈmaɫiəbəɫ/ rare

adjective

1.

easily influenced

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2.

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

  • “ductile copper”
  • “malleable metals such as gold”
  • “they soaked the leather to made it pliable”
  • “pliant molten glass”
  • “made of highly tensile steel alloy”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • malleable iron

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