pliant
/ˈplaɪənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "a pliant thread"
- "pliant wax"
- "Whether in its northern or southern home, the black-throated blue warbler builds its nest of bark, roots, and other pliant material, loose and rather bulky, in a variety of saplings, bushes, and weeds, but always a few inches or a few feet from the ground."
- "I muſt haue wanton Poets, pleaſant wits, Muſitians, that with touching of a ſtring May draw the pliant king which way I pleaſe: […]"
- "[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]"
- "Yet there was pleasant sadness that became Meetly the gentle heart and pliant sense, In that same idlesse—gazing on that brook"
Etymology
From Middle English pliaunt, from Old French ploiant, present participle of ploiier (“to fold”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pleḱ-, pliaunt, ploiant
Inflected Forms
more pliant (comparative)
most pliant (superlative)