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What (who) is supple - definition
FAMILY NAME
Supple
·vi To become soft and pliant.
II. Supple ·vt To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
III. Supple ·adj Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
IV. Supple ·adj Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
V. Supple ·vt To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
VI. Supple ·adj Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
supple
a.
1.
Pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent, elastic.
2.
Yielding, compliant, submissive, humble, soft.
3.
Servile, obsequious, cringing, slavish, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic, flattering, supple-chapped, adulatory, oily, parasitical.
supple
¦ adjective (suppler, supplest) flexible or pliant.
¦ verb make more flexible.
Derivatives
supplely (also supply) adverb
suppleness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. souple, from L. supplex, supplic- 'submissive', from sub- 'under' + placere 'propitiate'.
Wikipedia
Supple
Supple is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Barry Supple (born 1930), English academic
- John Supple (c. 1810–1869), Canadian businessman
- Paul Supple (born 1971), British weightlifter
- Shane Supple (born 1987), Irish footballer
- Tim Supple (born 1962), English theatre director
Examples of use of supple
1. Miss Supple refused to comment as she left court.
2. "We‘ve come to an agreement and we‘re moving forward," Supple said late Wednesday.
3. The court heard how Miss Supple was born after the landowner had an affair.
4. And practise flaunting your soft, supple cuticles and fabulously strong nails that gleam just like diamonds.
5. The Who actually sang that he had ‘such a supple wrist‘, which is much less interesting.