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† fleˈxanimous, a. Obs.
[f. L. flexanim-us (f. flex- ppl. stem of flectĕre to bend + anim-um mind) + -ous.]
1. Having power to bend or influence the mind; moving, affecting.
c1621S. Ward Life of Faith (1627) 66 It stands not without doores as a Mendicant Flexanimous perswader. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 5 He is that flexanimous Preacher whose pulpit is in heaven. 1672Life Jas. Arminius & Simon Episcopius i. 8 There was in Beza beyond other mortals a flexanimous and perswasive eloquence.
2. (See quot.)
1656–81Blount Glossogr., Flexanimous..that is of a minde easily bent or turned. 1721in Bailey.
Hence fleˈxanimousness.
1727Bailey vol. II, Flexanimousness, flexibleness of Mind or Disposition. |