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Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch soepel (“supple, flexible”),[1] from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
supêl
- sociable
- Synonym: luwes
- (medicine) non-tender
References
- ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC
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