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Where does “inflexible” come from?

Inflexible comes from Middle French inflexible, derived from Latin inflexibilis, meaning unable to be bent.

inflexible (English): Not flexible; not capable of bending or being...

Definitions

  1. Not flexible; not capable of bending or being...

Ancestry of “inflexible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchinflexible—
2Latininflexibilis—

Words derived from “inflexible”

  • inflexibly
  • inflexibleness
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