non-pliancy
ənt adjective
1.
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
2.
easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant: He has a pliant nature.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | easily bent; supple: a pliant young tree |
| 2. | easily modified; adaptable; flexible: a pliant system |
| 3. | yielding readily to influence; compliant |
| [C14: from Old French, from plier to fold, bend; see | |
| 'pliancy | |
| —n | |
| 'pliantness | |
| —n | |
| 'pliantly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
pliant
c.1300, from O.Fr. pliant "bending" (13c.), prp. of plier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Figurative sense of "easily influenced" is from c.1400.
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