inflexibleadj.¹

/ɪnˈflɛksɪb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin inflexibilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + flexibilis flexible adj. and n.: compare French inflexible (13–14th cent. in Littré).

Not flexible.

1. Incapable of being bent; unbendable; not pliant; rigid, stiff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid

stithc897

stiff1000

starkOE

inflexiblec1400

rigent?1440

unbowable1537

staffish1545

steya1586

unpliablea1618

rigid1618

unsupple1621

unpliant1624

immercurial1637

steeve1637

starky1657

impliablea1734

tharf1747

stiff as a poker1798

unbending1802

unbowsome1818

crisp1851

unbendable1884

poker-stiff1894

unfluxile1925

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. i. ii. 24 If þat he [the ligament] hadde be inflexible as a boon..oon lyme myȝte not han meued wiþouten anoþer.

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 87^v Of this thing is the kings scepter a very apt signe and token, in that it is ferme and inflexible.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 195 His truncke..is crooked, gristly, and inflexible at the roote nexte to the nose.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 188 The bow inflexible resists their pain.

1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 63 If two equal bodies..be hung at the extremities of an inflexible rod.

1892 Strand Mag. Dec. 652/1 An ivory-handled knife with a very delicate inflexible blade.

2. Unbending in temper or purpose; not to be turned from a purpose by persuasion or argument; immovable, inexorable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible

ironOE

stour1303

strange1338

unmovablea1382

inflexible1398

stoutc1410

unpliablea1425

intreatable1509

stiff1526

stiff-necked1526

unpliant1547

stout-hearted1552

inexorable1553

obstinate1559

strait-laced1560

impersuasible1576

unflexiblea1586

hard-edged1589

adamantive1594

unyielding1594

adder-deaf1597

steeled1600

irrefragable1601

rigid1606

unpersuadable1607

imployable1613

unswayablea1616

uncompellable1623

inflexive?1624

over-rigid1632

unlimbera1639

seta1640

incomplying1640

uncomplying1643

stiff-girt1659

impersuadable1680

unbendinga1688

impracticable1713

unblendable1716

stiff-rumped1728

unconvinciblea1747

uncompounding1782

unplastic1787

unbending1796

adamant1816

uneasy1819

uncompromising1828

cast iron1829

hard-hitting1831

rigoristic1844

ramrod1850

pincé1858

anchylosed1860

unbendable1884

tape-bound1900

tape-tied1900

hard line1903

tough1905

absolutist1907

hard-arsed1942

go-for-broke1946

hardcore1951

hard-arse1966

hard-ass1967

hardball1974

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum ii. viii. (Add. MS. 27,944 lf. 15/1) He is inflexible, stedfast, and faileþ not.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 130 The bischop was inflexibil.

1542 N. Udall in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 6 Not to bee inexorable nor inflexible towardes me your poor servant.

1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Persecuted 145 Fill me with an inflexible Integrity and Constancy in my Duty.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 21 Nov. (1965) I. 283 She..remains still inflexible either to Threats or promises.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xvi. 75 Sebastian adhered to his purpose with inflexible obstinacy.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 727 Billop, though courteous, was inflexible.

3. Unalterable, rigidly fixed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance

adamantinea1382

rock-like1595

unmalleable1606

immarbled1641

iron-bound1648

inflexible1698

cast iron1829

teak-built1847

granitic1862

inelastic1867

petrified1870

ossified1901

shatter-proof1936

sclerotic1965

1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 84 To make it the Rigid Inflexible Rule, which it is to Judge by.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. viii. 220 Nature's laws are more inflexible than iron.

1885 S. Cox Expos. 1st Ser. ii. 20 The moral order of the universe is as inflexible as the physical order.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

† inflexibleadj.²

Etymology: < Latin inflex- (see inflex adj.) + -ible suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Capable of being inflected; in Optics diffrangible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > seat of the emotions > [adjective] > susceptible to influence (of the heart)

inflexible?a1475

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > diffraction > [adjective] > capable of deflection

inflexible?a1475

deflexible1796

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 405 Hym semede his herte to be more inflexible [L. inflecti] to melody then to chevallery.

Derivatives

† inflexiˈbility n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > diffraction > [noun] > capability of deflection

deflexibility1796

inflexibility1796

diffrangibility1844

1796 H. Brougham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 233 Wherefore I conclude that the rays of the sun's light differ in degree of inflexibility, and that those which are least refrangible are most inflexible.

1857 H. Lloyd Wave-theory Light (ed. 2) §95 Supposing that the rays which differ in refrangibility differ also in inflexibility.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	inflexible
释义	inflexibleadj.¹ /ɪnˈflɛksɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin inflexibilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + flexibilis flexible adj. and n.: compare French inflexible (13–14th cent. in Littré). Not flexible. 1. Incapable of being bent; unbendable; not pliant; rigid, stiff. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid stithc897 stiff1000 starkOE inflexiblec1400 rigent?1440 unbowable1537 staffish1545 steya1586 unpliablea1618 rigid1618 unsupple1621 unpliant1624 immercurial1637 steeve1637 starky1657 impliablea1734 tharf1747 stiff as a poker1798 unbending1802 unbowsome1818 crisp1851 unbendable1884 poker-stiff1894 unfluxile1925 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. i. ii. 24 If þat he [the ligament] hadde be inflexible as a boon..oon lyme myȝte not han meued wiþouten anoþer. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 87^v Of this thing is the kings scepter a very apt signe and token, in that it is ferme and inflexible. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 195 His truncke..is crooked, gristly, and inflexible at the roote nexte to the nose. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 188 The bow inflexible resists their pain. 1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 63 If two equal bodies..be hung at the extremities of an inflexible rod. 1892 Strand Mag. Dec. 652/1 An ivory-handled knife with a very delicate inflexible blade. 2. Unbending in temper or purpose; not to be turned from a purpose by persuasion or argument; immovable, inexorable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible ironOE stour1303 strange1338 unmovablea1382 inflexible1398 stoutc1410 unpliablea1425 intreatable1509 stiff1526 stiff-necked1526 unpliant1547 stout-hearted1552 inexorable1553 obstinate1559 strait-laced1560 impersuasible1576 unflexiblea1586 hard-edged1589 adamantive1594 unyielding1594 adder-deaf1597 steeled1600 irrefragable1601 rigid1606 unpersuadable1607 imployable1613 unswayablea1616 uncompellable1623 inflexive?1624 over-rigid1632 unlimbera1639 seta1640 incomplying1640 uncomplying1643 stiff-girt1659 impersuadable1680 unbendinga1688 impracticable1713 unblendable1716 stiff-rumped1728 unconvinciblea1747 uncompounding1782 unplastic1787 unbending1796 adamant1816 uneasy1819 uncompromising1828 cast iron1829 hard-hitting1831 rigoristic1844 ramrod1850 pincé1858 anchylosed1860 unbendable1884 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 hard line1903 tough1905 absolutist1907 hard-arsed1942 go-for-broke1946 hardcore1951 hard-arse1966 hard-ass1967 hardball1974 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum ii. viii. (Add. MS. 27,944 lf. 15/1) He is inflexible, stedfast, and faileþ not. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 130 The bischop was inflexibil. 1542 N. Udall in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 6 Not to bee inexorable nor inflexible towardes me your poor servant. 1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Persecuted 145 Fill me with an inflexible Integrity and Constancy in my Duty. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 21 Nov. (1965) I. 283 She..remains still inflexible either to Threats or promises. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xvi. 75 Sebastian adhered to his purpose with inflexible obstinacy. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 727 Billop, though courteous, was inflexible. 3. Unalterable, rigidly fixed. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance adamantinea1382 rock-like1595 unmalleable1606 immarbled1641 iron-bound1648 inflexible1698 cast iron1829 teak-built1847 granitic1862 inelastic1867 petrified1870 ossified1901 shatter-proof1936 sclerotic1965 1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 84 To make it the Rigid Inflexible Rule, which it is to Judge by. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. viii. 220 Nature's laws are more inflexible than iron. 1885 S. Cox Expos. 1st Ser. ii. 20 The moral order of the universe is as inflexible as the physical order. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † inflexibleadj.² Etymology: < Latin inflex- (see inflex adj.) + -ible suffix. Obsolete. rare. Capable of being inflected; in Optics diffrangible. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > seat of the emotions > [adjective] > susceptible to influence (of the heart) inflexible?a1475 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > diffraction > [adjective] > capable of deflection inflexible?a1475 deflexible1796 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 405 Hym semede his herte to be more inflexible [L. inflecti] to melody then to chevallery. Derivatives † inflexiˈbility n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > diffraction > [noun] > capability of deflection deflexibility1796 inflexibility1796 diffrangibility1844 1796 H. Brougham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 233 Wherefore I conclude that the rays of the sun's light differ in degree of inflexibility, and that those which are least refrangible are most inflexible. 1857 H. Lloyd Wave-theory Light (ed. 2) §95 Supposing that the rays which differ in refrangibility differ also in inflexibility. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.¹1398adj.²?a1475
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