flexile

English

Etymology

From Latin flexil(em).

Adjective

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 […] .

Derived terms

• semiflexile

Latin

Adjective

flexile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of flexilis