Pliant Definition

plīənt
adjective
Easily bent; pliable.
Webster's New World
Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable.
A pliant poetic form.
American Heritage
Adaptable or compliant.
Webster's New World
Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant.
A pliant colonial regime.
American Heritage

(figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.

Wiktionary

Origin of Pliant

  • Middle English from Old French present participle of plier to fold, bend from Latin plicāre plek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French pliant.

    From Wiktionary

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