malleable

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  1. adjective Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.
  2. adjective Easily controlled or influenced; tractable.
  3. adjective Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: the malleable mind of the pragmatist.
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  • Eugene Sue's The Wandering Jew was published in 1845, and may conceivably have been available in Simla that September, but Flashman's memory has probably confused it with the author's equally popular Mysteries of Paris which appeared in 1842-3. —  Flashman And The Mountain Of Light
  • They are malleable but not self-malleable (a condition politicians and PR men use to sinister advantage). —  Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
  • The map must be carried to this certain individual to examine. —  Ilse Witch
  • Luck was malleable, and death was a great changer of fortune. —  Sharpe's Tiger
  • There would be that other young man-malleable, possibly of some use as well. —  Winds Of Fate
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from malleāre, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see melə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English malliable, from French malléable = Spanish maleable = Portuguese malleavel = Italian malleabile, from Middle Latin malleare, beat with a hammer: see malleate.
 

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