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malleable.

Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/[ˈmaɫiəbəɫ]Received-Pronunciation[ˈmæɫiəbɫ̩]General-American[ˈmɛɫiəbɫ̩]New-Zealand
  1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

  2. Flexible, liable to change.

    figuratively
    My opinion on the subject is malleable.
  3. in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Where this word comes from

From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).

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