unsupplest
əl adjective
1.
bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.
2.
characterized by ease in bending; limber; lithe: supple movements.
3.
characterized by ease, responsiveness, and adaptability in mental action.
4.
compliant or yielding.
5.
obsequious; servile.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6.
to make or become supple.
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Origin:
1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English souple flexible, compliant < Old French: soft, yielding, lithe < Latin supplic- (stem of supplex) submissive, suppliant, equivalent to sup- sup- + -plic-, variously explained as akin to plicāre to fold1, bend (thus meaning “bent over”; cf. complex), or to plācāre to placate (thus meaning “in the attitude of a suppliant”); (v.) Middle English supplen to soften, derivative of the noun (compare Old French asoplir)
1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English souple flexible, compliant < Old French: soft, yielding, lithe < Latin supplic- (stem of supplex) submissive, suppliant, equivalent to sup- sup- + -plic-, variously explained as akin to plicāre to fold1, bend (thus meaning “bent over”; cf. complex), or to plācāre to placate (thus meaning “in the attitude of a suppliant”); (v.) Middle English supplen to soften, derivative of the noun (compare Old French asoplir)
Related forms
sup·ple·ness, noun
un·sup·ple, adjective
un·sup·ple·ness, noun
un·sup·p·ly, adverb
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supple (ˈsʌpəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | bending easily without damage |
| 2. | capable of or showing easy or graceful movement; lithe |
| 3. | mentally flexible; responding readily |
| 4. | disposed to agree, sometimes to the point of servility |
| —vb | |
| 5. | rare to make or become supple |
| [C13: from Old French souple, from Latin supplex bowed] | |
| 'suppleness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
supple
c.1300, from O.Fr. souple "pliant, flexible," from Gallo-Romance *supples, from L. supplex (gen. supplicis) "submissive, humbly begging," lit. "bending, kneeling down," thought to be an altered form of *supplacos "humbly pleading, appeasing," from sub "under" + placare "appease" (see placate).
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