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bendsome

adj

Etymology

From bend + -some.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. suffixed as bendsome — “bend + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by bending or flexibility

    Marked by bending or flexibility; flexible; pliable.

    • After all why should not our movement be a cause of their change of shape according to definite laws just as well as our squeezing them with our fingers if they chance to be made of some bendsome material ?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA