resilient

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Able to recover quickly from difficulties, hardship, or setbacks.

   Children are often remarkably resilient after a tough experience.

2. 2
   adj

   Able to return to its original shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed.

   The mattress is made of a resilient foam that springs back instantly.

Simplified etymology

Resilient entered English in the mid-17th century from Latin resilire, “leap back.” Its earliest senses involved returning to an original position or looking back; the familiar sense of recovering readily under pressure dates from the mid-19th century.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *sel-der. Proto-Italic *saljō Latin saliō Latin resiliō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ēns Latin resiliēnsder. English resilient Borrowed from Latin resiliēns (“rebounding”, present active participle of resiliō).

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