flexuousadj.
/ˈflɛksjʊəs/, /ˈflɛkʃʊəs/, U.S. /ˈflɛkʃəwəs/ 1. Full of bends or curves; winding, sinuous. Now chiefly in scientific use, said of animal or vegetable structures.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves
tortivous14..
anfractuous?a1425
tortuous1426
tortuea1500
snakish1532
winding1538
wormy1545
boughty1570
wriggled1572
sinuous1578
serpent-likea1586
crankled1594
serpent1597
snaky1600
flexuous1605
snaking1605
cringle-crangle1606
voluminous1611
serpenting?1614
serpentine1615
curvy1623
serpentizing1628
worming1631
lacinious1648
anguineous1656
anguine1657
anfractuose1680
twisting1683
vermicular1712
worm-like1721
flexuose1727
meandering1748
crinkum-crankum1766
serpentiform1777
serpentining1799
anguiform1800
ophite1828
tortuose1829
cranky1836
sinuose1836
serpentile1857
twisty1857
sinuated1859
vermiculatea1864
twinyc1868
tortive1880
crinkle-crankle1881
serpentinous1882
quirky1890
twistical1890
waggly1894
wriggly1901
squiggly1902
wiggly1903
contortionate1911
wig-waggy1914
curvaceous1965
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Gg4v Imitating the ordinarie flexuous courses of Nature. View more context for this quotation
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 81 The flexuous River of Thames.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 420 Lateral line flexuous; tail slightly bilobate.
1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. x. 168 Her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxv. 282 About equal proportions of gnarled and flexuous forms, the former being the men, the latter the women.
2. Moving in bends or waves, undulating. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating
waving1585
flexuous1626
undulary1646
rippling1670
wavy1708
undulating1715
billowing1718
undulatory1794
waved1820
undulant1830
undulous1862
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §820 The Flexuous Burning of Flames doth shew the Aire beginneth to be vnquiet.
1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals Introd. 11 Man cannot express love..by external signs, so plainly as does a dog, when with..flexuous body..he meets his beloved master.
Derivatives
ˈflexuously adv. in a flexuous manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adverb] > in many or winding curves
wrinklingly1387
cringle-crangle1781
crinkle-crankle1804
vermicularly1812
flexuously1846
sinuously1847
meanderingly1865
serpentiningly1871
sinuosely1874
sinuous1885
meandrically1886
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 382 Flexuously branched stems.
1872 H. C. Wood Contrib. Hist. Freshwater Algæ 34 Flexuously curved.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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