SUPPLE, SUPPLENESS
ADJECTIVES
► BAIN flexible, lithe, supple, limber, pliant → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► EASY free from pain, discomfort, or stiffness; supple → 1883 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful → 1805 Eng. dial.
► LEATH soft, supple, pliable → 1867 Eng. dial.
► LEISH active, nimble, strong and muscular, athletic, supple → 1818 Sc.
► LETHE flexible, supple → c1440 obs.
► SAMPLE soft, supple, flexible → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WADDEN ► WADEN young and active; supple; soft → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WAFFLE supple, flexible, pliant, limber → 1808 Sc.
► WAIDEN supple, flaccid, wanting firmness → 1866 Sc.
► WALDIN pliant, supple, pliable; chiefly used of the body or limbs → 1536 Sc. obs.
► WALLOPY supple and physically relaxed; loose-limbed → 1880 Sc.
► WANDLE flexible, supple; slim and straight → 1808 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► LUBRICITY mobility, suppleness → 1809
► MALACISSATION the act of making soft or supple → 1638 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► WALLOP a gangling, supple, loose-limbed person → 1887 Sc.
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