pli·ant 
(plīənt)
(plīənt)adj.
1. Easily bent or flexed; pliable. See Synonyms at malleable.
2. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable: a pliant poetic form.
3. Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant: a pliant colonial regime.
[Middle English, from Old French, present participle of plier, to fold, bend, from Latin plicāre; see plek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
plian·cy, pliant·ness n.
pliant·ly adv.
- Indo-European root: stegh-
- Indo-European root: steig-
- Indo-European root: steigh-
- Indo-European root: stel-
- Indo-European root: (s)tenə-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: ster-
- Indo-European root: streb(h)-
- Indo-European root: streig-
- Indo-European root: stā-
- Indo-European root: stāi-
- Indo-European root: s(w)e-
- Indo-European root: sweid-
- Indo-European root: s(w)eks
- Indo-European root: swel-
- Indo-European root: swen-
- Indo-European root: swep-
- Indo-European root: swer-
- Indo-European root: swesor-
- Indo-European root: swo-
- Indo-European root: swād-
- Indo-European root: syū-
- Indo-European root: sā-
- Indo-European root: sāg-