impliableadj.1
/ɪmˈplʌɪəb(ə)l/ rare.
Not pliable; inflexible.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid
stithc897
stiff1000
starkOE
inflexiblec1400
rigent?1440
unbowable1537
staffish1545
steya1586
unpliablea1618
rigid1618
unsupple1621
unpliant1624
immercurial1637
steeve1637
starky1657
impliablea1734
tharf1747
stiff as a poker1798
unbending1802
unbowsome1818
crisp1851
unbendable1884
poker-stiff1894
unfluxile1925
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §2 32 All Matters rugged and impliable to the Design must be suppressed or corrupted.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 320 The impliable and disjointed stuff they are obliged to render into tolerable English.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
impliableadj.2
Capable of being implied.In modern dictionaries.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective] > capable of being implied
whisperable1830
impliablea1865
a1865 Isaac Taylor (F. Hall).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1a1734adj.2a1865- out of love with
- out of luck
- out of measure
- out of memory
- out of memory of
- out of mesh
- out of mind
- out of mode
- out of mothballs
- out of my etc way
- out of my eyesight
- out of my way
- out of my your way
- out of nock
- out of nowhere
- out of number
- out of of wit or one's wit
- out of office
- out of one's beat
- out of one's bias
- out of one's bird
- out of one's book
- out of one's books
- out of one's box
- out of one's common senses