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adjective 
  1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
  2. (metaphorical) flexible, Flexible, liable to change.
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Etymology: Middle English malliable, borrowed from late Latin malleabilis, malleÄbilis, derived from malleare, malleÄre "to hammer", from malleus "hammer", from Proto-Indo-European
  • mal-ni- "crushing", an extended variant of
  • melHâ- "crush, grind".


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