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flexile

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin flexil(em).

Adjective

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flexile (comparative more flexile, superlative most flexile)

  1. Flexible; capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking.
    • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 24:
      Rooted in earth each cloven hoof descends, / And round and round her flexile neck she bends […] .

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Latin

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Adjective

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flexile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of flexilis
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