flexile
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of flexile
First recorded in 1625–35, flexile is from the Latin word flexilis pliant, pliable. See flex 1, -ile
Example Sentences
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Then might his fingers become flexile, his mind untied.
From Melomaniacs by James Huneker
The flexile willow, and the waving reed; The fenny bulrush, osier, and the cane Diminutive, the stagnant depth conceal'd.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, striate, glabrous, hygr. even, opaque and rather silky when dry; stem slender, lax, flexile; gills broadly and abruptly adnate, broad, somewhat denticulate. vittaeformis, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
One is an admirable imitation of Indian corn in tassel, the silky fibres as fine and flexile as can be imagined; another is a group of ostrich plumes, so downy that a zephyr waves it.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
After soaking in hot water, the overgrown horny layer is pared away, and the part painted daily with a saturated solution of salicylic acid in flexile collodion.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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