malleable

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective easily influenced
  2. adjective capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

ductile

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