shapeableshapableadj.
/ˈʃeɪpəbl/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪpəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being shaped, plastic.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > plastic
malleablec1395
pliablec1475
submissivea1593
waxen1594
cereous1601
mouldable1626
shapeable1647
soluble1650
fictile1676
wax-like1748
plastic1791
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 35 My task is to sit and study how shapeable the Independent way will be to the body of England.
1832 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 19 What strange shapeable creatures we are!
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last iii. 71 Soft, and shapeable into love-syllables.
2. Shapely, characterized by shapeliness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective]
(fair) of flesh and fellc1000
sittinga1300
well-sittinga1300
well-shapedc1300
lealc1350
well-shapenc1380
shapelya1382
well-formeda1425
well-moulded1616
shapeful1621
clever1674
shapeable1719
formful1798
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 176 With a Wheel..I made things round and shapable, which before were filthy things..to look on.
1889 H. B. Wheatley How to Catalogue iii. 71 As it forms a more shapable and better-looking volume.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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