Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maniable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-ni-able
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[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; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English manyable, from Middle French maniable, from manier (“to manage”), from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, man(us) + -i- + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: manyable, maniable, manus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more maniable (comparative) most maniable (superlative)

Synonyms

controllable governable rulable amenable biddable complaisant compliant docile indulgent manageable maniable meek

Questions

What does maniable mean?: manageable
Where does maniable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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