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.
Malleability is how malleable an object is, for example a metal is malleable as it can be hammered or bent into different shapes without breaking. Ductility is how ductile a â¦ n object is, again many metals are ductile as they can be drawn or pulled into a long strand of wire without breaking.ell one of the physical properties of metals is being ductile and zinc is a metal so the answer is yes= not really Zinc is hard and brittle which makes it hard to stretch it. â¦ Tungsten is a metal and is to hard to even try to turn into a wire. 6 people found this useful.