suppleness
Apparence
Étymologie
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| suppleness \Prononciation ?\ |
supplenesses \Prononciation ?\ |
suppleness \Prononciation ?\
- Souplesse.
Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
— (William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations, 1699)