Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking.
a pliant thread
Easily influenced; tractable.
I muſt haue wanton Poets, pleaſant wits, Muſitians, that with touching of a ſtring May draw the pliant king which way I pleaſe: […]
From Middle English pliaunt, from Old French ploiant, present participle of ploiier (“to fold”).
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