maniable

English

Etymology

From French maniable, from manier (“to manage”), from Latin manus (“hand”).

Adjective

maniable (comparative more maniable, superlative most maniable)

1. (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; [...]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “maniable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Lima bean, animable, lima bean

French

Etymology

From manier (“to manage”) + -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

maniable (plural maniables)

1. handy
2. manageable, manoeuvrable

Further reading

• “maniable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.