malleable

  • 1malléable — [ maleabl ] adj. • v. 1500; du lat. malleare « marteler », de malleus « marteau » 1 ♦ Qui a la propriété de s aplatir et de s étendre sous le marteau (ou par l action du laminoir) en lames ou feuilles. ⇒ ductile. L or est le plus malléable des… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 2Malleable — Mal le*a*ble, a. [F. mall[ e]able, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See {Malleate}.] 1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; applied to metals. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being influenced to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3malleable — (adj.) late 14c., capable of being shaped by hammering, from M.Fr. malleable and directly from M.L. malleabilis, from malleare to beat with a hammer, from L. malleus hammer (see MALLET (Cf. mallet)). Figurative sense, of persons, capable of being …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4malleable — Malleable. adj. de tout genre. Qui est dur & ductile, qui se peut battre, forger, & estendre à coups de marteau. Les metaux sont malleables. Le verre n est point malleable …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 5malleable — I adjective accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, adjustable, agreeable, amenable, amiable, bendable, bending, compliant, conformable, conforming, controllable, deferential, docile, ductile, ductilis, easily bent, easily influenced, easily… …

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  • 6malleable — *plastic, pliable, pliant, ductile, adaptable Analogous words: tractable, amenable (see OBEDIENT) Antonyms: refractory Contrasted words: intractable, recalcitrant, ungovernable, *unruly …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 7malleable — [adj] pliable adaptable, compliant, ductile, flexible, governable, go with the flow*, impressionable, manageable, moldable, plastic, pliant, putty in hands*, rolls with punches*, soft, submissive, supple, tractable, tractile, transformable,… …

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  • 8malleable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking. 2) easily influenced. DERIVATIVES malleability noun. ORIGIN from Latin malleus a hammer …

    English terms dictionary

  • 9malleable — [mal′ē ə bəl] adj. [ME malliable < ML malleabilis < L malleare, to beat with a hammer < malleus, a hammer < IE base * mel , to grind, beat > MILL1] 1. that can be hammered, pounded, or pressed into various shapes without breaking:… …

    English World dictionary

  • 10malleable — [[t]mæ̱liəb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is malleable, you mean that they are easily influenced or controlled by other people. [WRITTEN] The malleable mayor of New York was under his control... She was young enough to be… …

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