In the 2000s Briers was the curmudgeonly and extravagant father Hector MacDonald in the BBC television programme Monarch of the Glen (2000-05), appearing in series 1,2,3 & 7. He appeared in other programmes, see Later Career.
Word Origin and History for malleable Expand. adj. late 14c., capable of being shaped by hammering, from Middle French malleable and directly from Medieval Latin malleabilis, from malleare to beat with a hammer, from Latin malleus hammer (see mallet). Figurative sense, of persons, capable of being adapted first recorded 1610s.
Metals. Layers of atoms slide over each other when metals are bent or stretched. Metals are malleable malleable: If a material is malleable it is capable of being hammered or pressed out of shape without being likely to break or return to the original shape. - they can be bent and shaped. This is because they consist of layers of atoms [atom: All elements are made of atoms.