malleable

Pronunciation: /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/

The English word “malleable” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
Flexible, liable to change.
in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Etymology

From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).

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