pliant
adj.
late 14c., from Old French ploiant "bending, supple; compliant, fickle," as a noun, "turncoat" (13c.), present participle of ploier "to bend" (see ply, n.). Figurative sense of "easily influenced" is from c.1400. Related: Pliancy.
| 词汇 | pliant |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary pliant adj. late 14c., from Old French ploiant "bending, supple; compliant, fickle," as a noun, "turncoat" (13c.), present participle of ploier "to bend" (see ply, n.). Figurative sense of "easily influenced" is from c.1400. Related: Pliancy. |
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