cheverel means pliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
CHEVEREL — [Adjective] Pliable, elastic, or flexible, especially in reference to a conscience or wit. From Old French *chevrele*, diminutive of *chèvre* ("goat"), referring to the soft leather of a kid. Unlike "adamant," which is an unyielding moral refusal, or "rigid," which suggests a brittle incapacity to adapt, *cheverel* describes a tensile, leathery elasticity. It is the quiet rationalization that bends principle to fit convenience, the politician's mind stretching an argument to its most tenuous point, or the glib, rubbery smile of a man whose morals have been worn supple by use—a testament to the unsettling ease with which integrity can be made to give.
adj
- Pliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience.“Now were there any one of so tender or cheverell a conscience, to whome no cure might seeme worthy of so extreame a remedy, I should prise or regard him no whit the lesse.”
noun
- Kid, as used to make leather.