flexuous
[flek-shoo-uh s]
adjective
full of bends or curves; sinuous.
Origin of flexuous
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Related Words for flexuous
bending, crooked, curved, curving, meandering, meandrous, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous, wavering, turningExamples from the Web for flexuous
Historical Examples of flexuous
Flexuose, or Flexuous, bending in opposite directions, in a zigzag way.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray
The epitrochlea is prominent; the epicondyle is surmounted by a well-marked crest, curved and flexuous in outline.
Artistic Anatomy of Animalsdouard Cuyer
A single, long, grasslike leaf precedes the flexuous stem, with its quaintly arched and delicately fringed blossoms.
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and HabitsMary Elizabeth Parsons
Capillitium of slender, flexuous brown threads forming a dense network of rather small meshes.
The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, OhioA. P. Morgan
Only Henchard did not conform to these flexuous changes; he remained stately and vertical, silently thinking.
The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy
flexuous
flexuose (ˈflɛksjʊˌəʊs)
adjective
Word Origin for flexuous
C17: from Latin flexuōsus full of bends, tortuous, from flexus a bending; see flex
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