Middle English Dictionary Entry
plīāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | plīāble adj. Also -abil. |
| Etymology | OF ploiable, plïable. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Flexible; winding; ?also, double.
Associated quotations
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)97b/a : If a man hadde a spasme..and if þe body were not pliable..for to prouoken þe feueris, schulde more helpen þan noien.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)97b : Pliabyll: fflexuosus, binus, plicabilis [Monson adds: flexibilis].