twistableadj.
/ˈtwɪstəb(ə)l/ That may be twisted.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]
tougha700
lithyc1000
softc1330
weak?a1366
plianta1382
persha1398
plyinga1398
lithec1400
supplec1400
plicable?a1425
curvable?1440
lethec1440
scretec1440
pliablec1475
bowable1483
bowing1483
waldinc1485
supple1513
flexible1548
limber1565
lither1565
bending1567
osier1577
wiry1588
buxom1590
withy1598
suppliable1599
renderingc1600
fluxible1607
winding1609
bendable1611
flippant1622
flexive1629
flexile1633
maniable1633
compliant1667
flectible1705
limp1706
yieldy1757
complying1774
limberly1782
willowy1791
switchy1810
wandy1825
twistable1853
bendsome1861
whippy1867
swack1868
bendy1873
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adjective] > capable of interpretation
interpretable1611
decipherable1664
inspectional1728
twistable1901
1853 T. T. Lynch Christian Practicalness in Lett. to Scattered (1872) 364 Take the solemnity out of religion, and you do as if you should take the hardening element out of human bones. The bones would then become all soft and twistable.
1901 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 7 468/2 Shades of meaning more or less twistable into that attributed to -itis.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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