flexible

Etymology

From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“I bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.

adj

  1. Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
  2. Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
  3. Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
    a flexible language
    This they foresaw was a Principle more flexible to their Purpose 1735, John Rogers, Nineteen Sermons on various occasions

noun

  1. (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
    Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one. August 19, 2009, Terry McCrann, “Win-win deal for the times”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-08-22

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