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flexuous
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLEXUOUS
a.[L. flexuosus.] 1. Winding; having turns or windings; as a flexuous rivulet.
2. Bending; winding; wavering; not steady; as a flexuous flame.
3. In botany, bending or bent; changing its direction in a curve, from joint to joint, from bud to bud, or from flower to flower.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLEXUOUS
Flex "u *ous, a. Etym: [L. flexuosus, fr. flexus a bending, turning. ]
1. Having turns, windings, or flexures.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.
3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. Bacon.
New American Oxford Dictionary
flexuous
flex u ous |ˈflekSHo͞oəs ˈflɛkʃəwəs | ▶adjective full of bends and curves. DERIVATIVES flex u os i ty |ˌflekSHo͞oˈäsitē |noun, flex u ous ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin flexuosus, from flexus ‘a bending, ’ from the verb flectere.
Oxford Dictionary
flexuous
flexuous |ˈflɛksjʊəs | ▶adjective chiefly literary full of bends and curves: he put an arm around her flexuous waist. DERIVATIVES flexuosity |-ˈɒsɪti |noun, flexuously adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin flexuosus, from flexus ‘a bending ’, from the verb flectere.
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