Capable of being bent or flexed; flexible in nature.
From Latin 'flectere' (to bend) + '-ible' (capable of), forming an adjective meaning 'capable of bending.' This is a rare or archaic variant related to more common words like 'flexible' and 'flexile.'
Latin verbs related to bending gave English dozens of words—flexible, flexion, deflect, inflect—all descending from the same ancient root, showing how one concept can branch into an entire family of related words.
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