Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flexious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flex-ious
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having bendings, turnings or windings.

Dated

Example Sentences

"while the fibrous structure of the frog assumes a tubular form, becomes finer, softer, and has a flexious arrangement; is tough, elastic, and flexible, being admirably adapted for protecting delicate parts and breaking concussion."
"O. davisense can be distinguished because the flexious ribs are about half as numerous per whorl as those of O. puzosiforme."
"Flexious rods were not observed in cell preparation from healthy sorghum plants"
"In addition flexious microtubules were seen between the membrane saccule and the fibrous deposits (Fig. 5b)."

Etymology

From flex + -ious.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flex

Usage

Dated

Questions

What does flexious mean?: Having bendings, turnings or windings.
Where does flexious come from?: From flex + -ious.

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