Etymology

inflexible

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Today it means: Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent. Full definition →

Middle French inflexible ← Latin īnflexibilis
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  1. Latin · derived fromīnflexibilis
  2. Middle French · borrowed frominflexible
  3. English todayinflexible

Borrowed from Middle French inflexible, from Latin īnflexibilis. See also in- + flexible.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.