Meanings
plural inflexions
- UKcountableuncountableDated spelling of inflection.
[…] I do not like the studied air and artificial inflexions of voice which your very popular and most admired preachers generally have.
c. 1803–1805, Jane Austen, “The Watsons”, in J[ames] E[dward] Austen[-]Leigh, A Memoir of Jane Austen: […] to which is Added Lady Susan and Fragments of Two Other Unfinished Tales by Miss Austen, 2nd edition, London: Richard Bentley and Son, […], published 1871, →OCLC, page 3381 more example
“Connexion” is the etymological (ie, “correct”) spelling. That is to say, our word is derived from an actual Latin noun, cf. deflexion, inflexion, and reflexion. […] And it might make life easier to abolish the letter “x”. But why should we cut off the fascinating roots of our words? I should carry on preferring “connexion”.
[2005 April 11, Philip Howard, “Modern Manners”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinīnflexiō
- Middle Frenchinflexion
- Englishinflexion
From Middle French inflexion, itself from Latin īnflexiō.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
inflexion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflexion
“inflexion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflexion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inflexion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflexion.
Source: inflexion on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.