Word of The Day: Labile

LABILE \LAY-byl\, adjective:

1. Open to change; apt or likely to change; adaptable.
2. Constantly or readily undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown; unstable.

Examples:

They are too open to the rest of the world, too labile, too prone to foreign influence.
-- Robert Hughes, Goya

Mifflin may not have been much more labile than the people around him, but he was undoubtedly more aware of his volatility.
-- "Leander, Lorenzo, and Castalio", Early American Literature, January 1, 1998