Category:Pliant

Pli"ant, a. Etym: [f. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See ply, v.]

1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or Pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; As, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: easily Influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. South.

2. Favorable to pliancy. [r.] "a pliant hour." Shak. -- pli"ant*ly, adv. -- pli"ant*ness, n.