flexile

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adjective

Flexible; capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking.

Similar
flexiblebendablepliablepliantdouble-jointedlimbersupple
OriginLatin flexil(em) →
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Meanings

adjectiveflexile (comparative more flexile, superlative most flexile)

comparative more flexile · superlative most flexile

  1. Flexible; capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking.

    Rooted in earth each cloven hoof descends, / And round and round her flexile neck she bends […].

    1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 24

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveable to flex; able to bend easily

Similar
flexiblebendablepliablepliantdouble-jointedlimbersupple
Also see
bendabledouble-jointedflexiblelimberlissomlithepliablepliantspinnablesupplewaxy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinflexil(em)
  2. Englishflexile

From Latin flexil(em).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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