bendsome

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Canada, UK, US/ˈbɛn(d)səm/

adjective

Marked by bending or flexibility; flexible; pliable.

Similar
lithy
OriginProto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English bend →
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Meanings

adjectivebendsome (comparative more bendsome, superlative most bendsome)

comparative more bendsome · superlative most bendsome

  1. archaic or puristic; otherwise rare; archaic or puristic; otherwise rareMarked by bending or flexibility; flexible; pliable.

    After all why should not our movement be a cause of their change of shape according to definite laws just as well as our squeezing them with our fingers if they chance to be made of some bendsome material ?

    1914, Charlie Dunbar Broad, Perception, physics, and reality

    Synonyms: lithy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMarked by bending or flexibility; flexible; pliable.

Similar
lithy
Also see
flexibleflexylissomlithelithy

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bindaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*bandijaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bandijan
  5. Old Englishbendan
  6. Middle Englishbenden
  7. Englishbend
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  10. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  11. Englishbendsome

From bend + -some.

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APA

bendsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bendsome

MLA

“bendsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bendsome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bendsome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bendsome.

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