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adjective
- Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
- (metaphorical) flexible, Flexible, liable to change.
- My opinion on the subject is .
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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