maniable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French maniable, from manier (“to manage”), from Latin manus (“hand”).
Adjective[edit]
maniable (comparative more maniable, superlative most maniable)
- (obsolete) manageable
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 11, recto:
- [A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churlish[,] thwart, and mutinous; [...]
References[edit]
- “maniable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From manier (“to manage”) + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
maniable (plural maniables)
Further reading[edit]
- “maniable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.