flexuousadj.

Brit.

/ˈflɛksjʊəs/,

/ˈflɛkʃʊəs/, U.S.

/ˈflɛkʃəwəs/

Etymology: < Latin flexuōsus: see flexuose adj. and -ous suffix.

1. Full of bends or curves; winding, sinuous. Now chiefly in scientific use, said of animal or vegetable structures.

ΘΚΠ

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. Gg4^v Imitating the ordinarie flexuous courses of Nature.

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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	flexuous
释义	flexuousadj. Brit. /ˈflɛksjʊəs/, /ˈflɛkʃʊəs/, U.S. /ˈflɛkʃəwəs/ Etymology: < Latin flexuōsus: see flexuose adj. and -ous suffix. 1. Full of bends or curves; winding, sinuous. Now chiefly in scientific use, said of animal or vegetable structures. ΘΚΠ 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. Gg4^v 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1605
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