Today's Word "malleable"
Capable of being altered by outside forces
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malleable \MAL-ee-uh-buhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals. 2 : Capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces; easily influenced. 3 : Capable of adjusting to changing circumstances; adaptable.
"If the heart were always malleable and the feelings could be controlled, who would permit himself to be tormented by any of nthe reverses which affection meets?" -- Anthony Trollope, 'The Small House at Allington'
Malleable comes from Medieval Latin malleabilis, from malleare, "to hammer," from Latin malleus, "hammer."
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