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supple

[ suhp-uhl ]

adjective

suppler, supplest.
  1. bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible:

    a supple bough.

  2. characterized by ease in bending; limber; lithe:

    supple movements.

  3. characterized by ease, responsiveness, and adaptability in mental action.
  4. compliant or yielding.
  5. obsequious; servile.


verb (used with or without object)

suppled, suppling.
  1. to make or become supple.

supple

/ ˈ²õʌ±èə±ô /

adjective

  1. bending easily without damage
  2. capable of or showing easy or graceful movement; lithe
  3. mentally flexible; responding readily
  4. disposed to agree, sometimes to the point of servility
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. rare.
    to make or become supple
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³Ü±è±è±ô±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ü±èp±ô±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³Ü±èp±ô±ð adjective
  • un·²õ³Ü±èp±ô±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³Ü±èp·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of supple1

1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English souple flexible, compliant < Old French: soft, yielding, lithe < Latin supplic- (stem of supplex ) submissive, suppliant, equivalent to sup- sup- + -plic-, variously explained as akin to ±è±ôŸ±³ŠÄå°ù±ð to fold 1, bend (thus meaning “bent over”; complex ), or to ±è±ôÄ峊Äå°ù±ð to placate 1 (thus meaning “in the attitude of a suppliant”); (v.) Middle English supplen to soften, derivative of the noun (compare Old French asoplir )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of supple1

C13: from Old French souple, from Latin supplex bowed
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Vasan, who is as supple as she is solid, is costumed to accentuate the physical reality of a woman about to give birth.

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Diet is another way the park is trying to keep Victoria, Arktos and Walker's joints supple.

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The bread is so soft and the eggs are so supple.

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This year's follow-up - tited Dance, No One's Watching - is both an invitation and an invocation, with supple funk grooves that propelled the album into the top 10.

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Created in 1934, the Ludo bracelet features updates like delicate mesh in hexagon and briquette motifs, woven by the maison’s craftsmen to heighten the effect of a supple ribbon.

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