inflectedadj.

/ɪnˈflɛktɪd/

Etymology: < inflect v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Bent or curved; bent inwards.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]

crooked?c1225

roundc1300

ybentc1330

bentc1374

cambera1387

curvate?a1425

curve?a1425

curved?a1425

bowingc1440

crumped1480

bowed1483

bended1495

bowlanda1522

compass?1523

curbed?1541

compassed1551

compassing1576

curvated1598

orbed1598

curving1609

ridgill-backed1611

incurved1623

inflected1646

incurvate1647

curvous1661

incurvated1665

swayed1688

bending1697

circumflex1707

curval1730

sweeping1772

bendy1800

curvatureda1810

curvative1846

hooped1852

swept1903

the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > curved inwards

combingc1503

inbenta1586

inbending1622

inflexed1661

incurvated1665

inflex1753

incurvate1776

incurved1816

rolled-in1832

introflexed1846

incurving1865

inflected1870

inwound1876

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 105 Galen..commends unto us..not to lye directly, or at length, but somewhat inflected, that the muscles may be at rest.

1793 T. Taylor tr. Plato Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides & Timæus 212 I here sit in an inflected position.

1796 H. Brougham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 228 The angle..which the inflected ray makes with the line drawn [etc.].

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 48 The angle of the lower jaw is almost always inflected.

1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants vii. 165 All the tentacles except three inflected or sub-inflected.

2. Grammar. Of a word: Varied in the terminations to express varied grammatical relations. Of a language: Characterized by grammatical inflection.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [adjective] > inflected

inflected1775

flexional1870

1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind iv. 64 Inflected languages such as Latin.

1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue Introd. 31 The essence of an inflected language is, to express by composition of words that which an uninflected language expresses by syntax or arrangements of words.

3. inflected arch: an arch having the curve of its flanks reversed near the crown, so as to terminate in an acute angle. (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).

Derivatives

inˈflectedness n. the state or condition of being inflected.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [noun] > state of being inflected

inflectedness1811

1811–31 J. Bentham Fragm. Univ. Gram. Introd., in Wks. (1843) VIII. 341 Sparingly inflectedness and copiously inflectedness, as applied to language.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	inflected
释义	inflectedadj. /ɪnˈflɛktɪd/ Etymology: < inflect v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Bent or curved; bent inwards. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] crooked?c1225 roundc1300 ybentc1330 bentc1374 cambera1387 curvate?a1425 curve?a1425 curved?a1425 bowingc1440 crumped1480 bowed1483 bended1495 bowlanda1522 compass?1523 curbed?1541 compassed1551 compassing1576 curvated1598 orbed1598 curving1609 ridgill-backed1611 incurved1623 inflected1646 incurvate1647 curvous1661 incurvated1665 swayed1688 bending1697 circumflex1707 curval1730 sweeping1772 bendy1800 curvatureda1810 curvative1846 hooped1852 swept1903 the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > curved inwards combingc1503 inbenta1586 inbending1622 inflexed1661 incurvated1665 inflex1753 incurvate1776 incurved1816 rolled-in1832 introflexed1846 incurving1865 inflected1870 inwound1876 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 105 Galen..commends unto us..not to lye directly, or at length, but somewhat inflected, that the muscles may be at rest. View more context for this quotation 1793 T. Taylor tr. Plato Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides & Timæus 212 I here sit in an inflected position. 1796 H. Brougham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 228 The angle..which the inflected ray makes with the line drawn [etc.]. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 48 The angle of the lower jaw is almost always inflected. 1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants vii. 165 All the tentacles except three inflected or sub-inflected. 2. Grammar. Of a word: Varied in the terminations to express varied grammatical relations. Of a language: Characterized by grammatical inflection. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [adjective] > inflected inflected1775 flexional1870 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind iv. 64 Inflected languages such as Latin. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue Introd. 31 The essence of an inflected language is, to express by composition of words that which an uninflected language expresses by syntax or arrangements of words. 3. inflected arch: an arch having the curve of its flanks reversed near the crown, so as to terminate in an acute angle. (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875). Derivatives inˈflectedness n. the state or condition of being inflected. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [noun] > state of being inflected inflectedness1811 1811–31 J. Bentham Fragm. Univ. Gram. Introd., in Wks. (1843) VIII. 341 Sparingly inflectedness and copiously inflectedness, as applied to language. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1646
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