supple的词源

英文词源

supple (adj.): c. 1300, "soft, tender," from Old French souple, sople "pliant, flexible; humble, submissive" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *supples, from Latin supplex "submissive, humbly begging, beseeching, kneeling in entreaty," literally "bending, kneeling down," perhaps an altered form of *supplacos "humbly pleading, appeasing," from sub "under" + placare "appease" (see placate). Meaning "pliant" is from late 14c.; figurative sense of "artfully obsequious, capable of adapting oneself to the wishes and opinions of others" is from c. 1600. Supple-chapped (c. 1600) was used of a flatterer. Related: Suppleness.

来自古法语 souple,柔软的，弯曲的，谦卑的，顺从的，来自拉丁语 supplex,谦卑的，顺从的，恳求的，可能来自 sup-,在下，向下，-plex,弯，转，折叠，词源同 complex,complicate,supplicant. 后其原词义消失，引申比喻义柔软的，灵活的。

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