malleable
adjective/ˈmæliəbl/
/ˈmæliəbl/
- (specialist) (of metal, etc.) that can be hit or pressed into different shapes easily without breaking or cracking (= starting to split)
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- (of people, ideas, etc.) easily influenced or changed
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘able to be hammered’): via Old French from medieval Latin malleabilis, from Latin malleus ‘a hammer’.
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