souplement, adv., pliantly, flexibly, compliantly.
souplesse, n.f., suppleness, pliancy, flexibility, facility, compliance, versatility. La — de l’osier; the flexibility of the osier. Tours de —; cunning tricks. Sa voix a de la —; there is a marked flexibility in his voice.
*souquenille, n.f., smock-frock; gabardine.
source, n.f., source, spring, fountain, fountain-head; well-spring, rise. — d’eau; spring. Eau de —; spring water. Prendre sa —; to take its rise (of a river). Avoir sa — dans; (fig.) to have its rise in, to proceed from. Couler de —; to flow naturally; to come from the heart.
sourcier, n.m., bletonist, spring-finder.
sourcil, (-ci), n.m., eye-brow, brow. Froncer le —; to knit one’s brow.
sourcili-er, -ère, adj., (anat.) superciliary.
*sourciller, v.n., to knit one’s brows; to frown; to wince, to flinch; (of water) to spring, to gush out. Sans —; without moving a muscle or without wincing.
*sourcilleu-x, -se, adj., haughty, proud; supercilious, cloud-topped, towering, steep; uneasy; melancholy. Montagnes —ses; lofty mountains.