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supple (adjective), more supple, most supple
1. Descriptive of a person's body which is limber, flexible, and easily bendable: Linda's swimming teacher said she had a very supple physical structure because she was very graceful and lithe when swimming.
2. Regarding an object which is quite pliant and tensile in all directions: The supple and soft brown leather Mary was working on was going to be a nice jacket for her husband.
3. Pertaining to someone's personality trait which is readily responsive and adaptable to new situations or to the wishes of others: The waiter in the restaurant was quite friendly, compliant, and supple to the desires of the customers.
4. Etymology: from Latin supplex, "submissive, humbly begging, beseeching, kneeling in entreaty, suppliant;" literally, "bending, kneeling down" from sub, "under" + placare, "to calm, to appease, to quiet, to soothe, to assuage."
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2. Regarding an object which is quite pliant and tensile in all directions: The supple and soft brown leather Mary was working on was going to be a nice jacket for her husband.
3. Pertaining to someone's personality trait which is readily responsive and adaptable to new situations or to the wishes of others: The waiter in the restaurant was quite friendly, compliant, and supple to the desires of the customers.
4. Etymology: from Latin supplex, "submissive, humbly begging, beseeching, kneeling in entreaty, suppliant;" literally, "bending, kneeling down" from sub, "under" + placare, "to calm, to appease, to quiet, to soothe, to assuage."
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plic-, pli- plect-, plec-, plici-, -plex, -plexity, -plexus,
-ple, -pli, -plic, -plicat, -plicit, -plicate, -plication, -ply (page 8)
-ple, -pli, -plic, -plicat, -plicit, -plicate, -plication, -ply (page 8)