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Word entry · 6 letters

pliant

Best crossword clue

"Easily bent or flexible"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈplaɪənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ailnptStarts with PEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

Word origin

From Middle English pliaunt, from Old French ploiant, present participle of ploiier (“to fold”).

Used in a sentence

  • a pliant thread
  • pliant wax
  • I muſt haue wanton Poets, pleaſant wits, Muſitians, that with touching of a ſtring May draw the pliant king which way I pleaſe: […]

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