souple

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/ˈsuːpəl/

adjective

Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.

OriginFrench souple →
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Meanings

souple1

adjectivesouple (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.

souple2

nounsouple (plural souples)

plural souples

  1. A swipple; the part of a flail that strikes the grain.

Origin

souple · adjective

  1. Frenchsouple
  2. Englishsouple

Borrowed from French souple; a doublet of supple.

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souple · noun

  1. Middle Englishswepels
  2. Middle Scotssowpill
  3. Englishsouple

Borrowed from Middle Scots sowpill, from Middle English swepels, from swepen + -els; a doublet of swipple.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with souple

pupiltuplequadruplequintuplescruplepupalduplecentuplecupeloctuplesextupleundecuple
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Anagrams

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APA

souple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/souple

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“souple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/souple. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “souple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/souple.

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