semimalleable

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ malleable.

Adjective

semimalleable (not comparable)

1. Somewhat malleable.
   • 1820, William Archibald Cadell, A journey in Carniola, Italy and France, in 1817, 1818 - Page 455‎^[1]:

     Amongst these are iron forges, in which irregularly shaped semimalleable lumps of iron are formed into bars by means of hammers driven by water.

   • 1988 April 8, Judith Moore, “Health: It's Not Easy Being Hard”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     One of Moseley's patients, Jim B., requested the "semimalleable" implant with stainless steel core. At first, said Jim, "it was so sore I couldn't bend it, and it was sticking out of my pants."