flexuous

English

Etymology

From Latin flexuosus, from flexus (“bend”), from flectere (“bend”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛkʃ(ə)wəs/

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Adjective

flexuous (comparative more flexuous, superlative most flexuous)

1. winding from side to side; sinuous

Derived terms

• flexuously
• flexuousness
• subflexuous

Translations

sinuous

• Bulgarian: лъкатушещ (bg) (lǎkatušešt), криволичещ (bg) (krivoličešt)
• Ido: flexoza (io)
• Romanian: sinuos (ro), cotit (ro), șerpuitor (ro)

Further reading

• “flexuous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “flexuous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “flexuous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.