PLIABILITY, PLIABLE
ADJECTIVES
1225 ► BEISUM pliable, flexible, docile → obs.
1484 ► MANIABLE easy to handle; flexible, pliable, workable → obs.
1536 ► WALDIN pliant, supple, pliable; chiefly used of the body or limbs → Sc. obs.
1851 ► THAMP soft; pliable, not easily broken; moist → Eng. dial.
1861 ► BENDSOME pliable, yielding, flexible
1902 ► LINGE pliable, as new leather → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1965 ► BENDY said of something that bends or yields easily; pliable, limber → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1905 ► WEFFILNESS limberness, pliability → Sc. (Bk.)