flexuous
Americanadjective
adjective
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full of bends or curves; winding
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variable; unsteady
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of flexuous
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin flexuōsus “full of turns, winding, crooked,” equivalent to flexu(s) ( see flex 1) + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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Auden wanted to steer the art away from truth-claims and toward something more flexuous and subtle—a mode, not a message.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2013
O. affricata differs in scaly p. sphagnicola, B. P. 2-3 cm. thin, soon deeply umbil. squamulose, dingy ochraceous; g. dingy ochre; s. 3-4 cm. slightly flexuous, colour of p.; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Capillitium arising out of the thickened base, the threads hyaline or pinkish, ascending, flexuous, simple, or branched a time or two, the extremities attached on all sides to the wall of the sporangium.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
G. blood-red or orange-red. uliginosus, B. P. 2-3 cm. conico-campan. then exp. strongly umb. bright red-brown or brick-red, flesh olive-yellow; g. adnate, yellow, olive, tan; s. 4-9 cm. flexuous, paler than p.; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 2-3 cm. campan. viscid, yellow; g. adnate, broad, brown; s. 4-7 cm. slender, flexuous, dark blue, ring incomplete; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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