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The definition of pliant is something pliable or that can be molded and shaped.

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A lump of clay is an example of something that would be described as pliant.

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See pliant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

easily bent; pliable
adaptable or compliant

Origin: ME plyande < MFr, prp. of plier: see pliable

Related Forms:

pliancy noun or pliantness
pliantly adverb

See pliant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Easily bent or flexed; pliable. See Synonyms at malleable.
Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable.
Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , present participle of plier, to fold, bend

Origin: , from Latin plicāre; see plek- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

pliˈan·cy, pliˈant·ness noun

pliˈant·ly adverb

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