malleableadj.

Brit.

/ˈmalɪəbl/, U.S.

/ˈmæl(j)əbəl/,

/ˈmæliəbəl/

Forms: Middle English mallyable, Middle English malyable, Middle English–1500s malliable, Middle English– malleable, 1600s malable, 1700s mallable.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin malleabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin malleabilis capable of being hammered (1267 in a British source; from a1275 in figurative use) < malleare to hammer (see malleate v.) + -abilis -able suffix.Middle French malléable is recorded in Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. malleus as being attested in sense 1a from the 14th cent., although no documentation is given; Trésor de la langue française records this only from 1500. Old Occitan malleable is attested from the 14th cent.

a. Esp. of metal: capable of being hammered or pressed out of shape without a tendency to return to the original shape or to fracture.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [adjective] > mouldable or workable

freec1300

malleablec1395

pliablec1475

workable1545

hammerable1611

mouldable1626

soluble1650

kind1747

plastic1791

temperable1841

mild1878

manipulable1881

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > plastic

malleablec1395

pliablec1475

submissivea1593

waxen1594

cereous1601

mouldable1626

shapeable1647

soluble1650

fictile1676

wax-like1748

plastic1791

c1395 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 1130 Make it as good siluer and as fyn As ther is any in youre purse or myn..and make it malliable [v.r. malleable].

c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6814 (MED) Men kan nat maken yt plicable Nor forge yt to be Malliable.

c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) 2125 (MED) Science nor Crafft to hym was delectable, but to forge malyable mataylle.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 123 A certeyn craftes man had found out the Art of..melting of Glasse in such sort, as he made the same malliable.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 365 An invention to melt and make malleable a sort of oar found among the tinn mines.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 469 Metals are malleable or ductile under the hammer.

1822 J. Imison Elem. Sci. & Art II. 95 Zinc is very little malleable, except when heated.

1881 J. Evans Anc. Bronze Implem. 11 One alloy of copper and tin is rendered most malleable by rapid cooling.

1917 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 96 330 For the most part, Americans do not machine their malleable castings.

1993 Wired Sept. 25/2 Stop motion..uses malleable stuff like clay.

†b. [Probably after literal meaning of post-classical Latin malleare.] Of stone: capable of being dressed with a hammer. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 209 When the Stones were once down,..Men might, as they found them more or less malleable, for their own Advantage..make Use of them.

2. gen. Capable of being fashioned or adapted; adaptable, pliable.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > malleable

malleable1612

mouldable1626

1612 Ld. Rochester in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 119 Your enemies have objected..that you are too violent, which signifies in Court language not malleable to their use.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 14 He..Could tell..Who first made Musick malleable.

1796 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii. 32 We grow more malleable under their blows.

1800 J. Wolcot Horrors Bribery title page Courtiers..Were made of very malleable matter.

1849 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. 227 To seize a language in its rude state, and compel it..to become a malleable material of thought, is the exclusive prerogative of the highest species of minds.

1882 Times 21 July 10 The Chancellorship of the Duchy so remoulded would cease to be malleable; it would cease to be capable of discharging unappropriated duties.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. x. 115 She found Ruth considerably less malleable than she had been before marriage, and she resented the change.

1963 A. Smith Throw out Two Hands (1966) xv. 146 They were malleable to nothing, and changed those who were trying to alter them.

1990 A. Brookner Busy Lives iv. 34 I offered no objection to his way of life, I was docile and malleable.

Compounds

malleable cast iron n. Metallurgy = malleable iron n.

ΚΠ

1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 290 Of late..fair-leads or dead-eyes of malleable cast-iron have been employed.

1949 J. E. Garside Process & Physical Metall. xxi. 374 Malleable cast-irons are made by two methods.

1989 A. C. Davies Sci. & Pract. Welding (ed. 9) I. ii. 80 Malleable cast iron..is made from white cast iron by annealing or graphitizing.

malleable iron n. Metallurgy cast iron that has been decarburized by prolonged heating, making it more ductile.

ΚΠ

1785 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 525 Steel is sometimes made by fusion of ore or pig-iron. The method is similar to that of reducing pig-iron to malleable iron.

1898 Engin. Mag. 16 105 Examples..are found in malleable-iron castings.

1955 Times 15 July 2/6 (advt.) Qualified Metallurgist preferably with experience with malleable and grey iron.

1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 130/3 Couplers in black enamelled or galvanised malleable iron.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	malleable
释义	malleableadj. Brit. /ˈmalɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈmæl(j)əbəl/, /ˈmæliəbəl/ Forms: Middle English mallyable, Middle English malyable, Middle English–1500s malliable, Middle English– malleable, 1600s malable, 1700s mallable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin malleabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin malleabilis capable of being hammered (1267 in a British source; from a1275 in figurative use) < malleare to hammer (see malleate v.) + -abilis -able suffix.Middle French malléable is recorded in Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. malleus as being attested in sense 1a from the 14th cent., although no documentation is given; Trésor de la langue française records this only from 1500. Old Occitan malleable is attested from the 14th cent. 1. a. Esp. of metal: capable of being hammered or pressed out of shape without a tendency to return to the original shape or to fracture. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [adjective] > mouldable or workable freec1300 malleablec1395 pliablec1475 workable1545 hammerable1611 mouldable1626 soluble1650 kind1747 plastic1791 temperable1841 mild1878 manipulable1881 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > plastic malleablec1395 pliablec1475 submissivea1593 waxen1594 cereous1601 mouldable1626 shapeable1647 soluble1650 fictile1676 wax-like1748 plastic1791 c1395 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 1130 Make it as good siluer and as fyn As ther is any in youre purse or myn..and make it malliable [v.r. malleable]. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6814 (MED) Men kan nat maken yt plicable Nor forge yt to be Malliable. c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) 2125 (MED) Science nor Crafft to hym was delectable, but to forge malyable mataylle. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 123 A certeyn craftes man had found out the Art of..melting of Glasse in such sort, as he made the same malliable. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 365 An invention to melt and make malleable a sort of oar found among the tinn mines. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 469 Metals are malleable or ductile under the hammer. 1822 J. Imison Elem. Sci. & Art II. 95 Zinc is very little malleable, except when heated. 1881 J. Evans Anc. Bronze Implem. 11 One alloy of copper and tin is rendered most malleable by rapid cooling. 1917 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 96 330 For the most part, Americans do not machine their malleable castings. 1993 Wired Sept. 25/2 Stop motion..uses malleable stuff like clay. †b. [Probably after literal meaning of post-classical Latin malleare.] Of stone: capable of being dressed with a hammer. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 209 When the Stones were once down,..Men might, as they found them more or less malleable, for their own Advantage..make Use of them. 2. gen. Capable of being fashioned or adapted; adaptable, pliable. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > malleable malleable1612 mouldable1626 1612 Ld. Rochester in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 119 Your enemies have objected..that you are too violent, which signifies in Court language not malleable to their use. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 14 He..Could tell..Who first made Musick malleable. 1796 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii. 32 We grow more malleable under their blows. 1800 J. Wolcot Horrors Bribery title page Courtiers..Were made of very malleable matter. 1849 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. 227 To seize a language in its rude state, and compel it..to become a malleable material of thought, is the exclusive prerogative of the highest species of minds. 1882 Times 21 July 10 The Chancellorship of the Duchy so remoulded would cease to be malleable; it would cease to be capable of discharging unappropriated duties. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. x. 115 She found Ruth considerably less malleable than she had been before marriage, and she resented the change. 1963 A. Smith Throw out Two Hands (1966) xv. 146 They were malleable to nothing, and changed those who were trying to alter them. 1990 A. Brookner Busy Lives iv. 34 I offered no objection to his way of life, I was docile and malleable. Compounds malleable cast iron n. Metallurgy = malleable iron n. ΚΠ 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xv. 290 Of late..fair-leads or dead-eyes of malleable cast-iron have been employed. 1949 J. E. Garside Process & Physical Metall. xxi. 374 Malleable cast-irons are made by two methods. 1989 A. C. Davies Sci. & Pract. Welding (ed. 9) I. ii. 80 Malleable cast iron..is made from white cast iron by annealing or graphitizing. malleable iron n. Metallurgy cast iron that has been decarburized by prolonged heating, making it more ductile. ΚΠ 1785 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 525 Steel is sometimes made by fusion of ore or pig-iron. The method is similar to that of reducing pig-iron to malleable iron. 1898 Engin. Mag. 16 105 Examples..are found in malleable-iron castings. 1955 Times 15 July 2/6 (advt.) Qualified Metallurgist preferably with experience with malleable and grey iron. 1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 130/3 Couplers in black enamelled or galvanised malleable iron. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1395
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