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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ple /ˈsʌpəl/USA pronunciation adj., -pler, -plest. - bending easily without breaking; flexible:supple tubing.
- showing ease in bending;
limber, lithe, or graceful:supple movements. - easily able to adapt, as in one's thinking or reactions to events:Her supple nature enables her to accept change.
sup•ple•ness, n. [uncountable] sup•ply /ˈsʌpli/USA pronunciation adv. See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ple (sup′əl),USA pronunciation adj., -pler, -plest, v., -pled, -pling. adj. - bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed;
pliant;
flexible:a supple bough. - characterized by ease in bending;
limber;
lithe:supple movements. - characterized by ease, responsiveness, and adaptability in mental action.
- compliant or yielding.
- obsequious;
servile.
v.t., v.i. - to make or become supple.
- Latin supplic- (stem of supplex) submissive, suppliant, equivalent. to sup- sup- + -plic-, variously explained as akin to plicāre to fold1, bend (thus meaning "bent over''; compare complex), or to plācāre to placate (thus meaning "in the attitude of a suppliant''); (verb, verbal) Middle English supplen to soften, derivative of the noun, nominal (compare Old French asoplir)
- Old French: soft, yielding, lithe
- (adjective, adjectival) Middle English souple flexible, compliant 1250–1300
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