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inflexibility

Today it means: The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness Full definition →

French inflexibilité ← Old French inflectibilité

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Old French · derived frominflectibilité
French · derived frominflexibilité
English todayinflexibility

From French inflexibilité, from Old French inflectibilité. Equivalent to in- + flexibility or inflexible + -ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.