Definitions
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- Flexible; pliable.
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- adjective rare or archaic
Flexible ;pliable .
Etymologies
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From bend + -some.
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AnWulf commented on the word bendsome
... though they would not be deemed trustworthy if they were in some softer or more brittle or bendsome substance; ... 1861, MacMillan's Magazine
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? ... 1914, Charlie Dunbar Broad, Perception, Physics, and Reality
May 7, 2013