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单词 molliable
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molliableadj.

Forms: 1600s moliable, 1600s–1700s molliable.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mollīre , -able suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin mollīre to soften (see mollient adj.) + -able suffix. Compare earlier mollifiable adj.
Obsolete.
Able to be softened.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > softened > able to be
molliable1688
malaxable1762
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 85/2 Tar, a compounded Rosin, or Rosin made molliable.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 119/3 Gums..Liquid or more moliable, as Liquidambra [etc.].
1766 Compl. Farmer at Stone A hard solid body, neither molliable, fusible by fire, nor soluble in water.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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