bendsome

English

Etymology

From bend +‎ -some.

Adjective

bendsome (comparative more bendsome, superlative most bendsome)

  1. (rare or archaic) Marked by bending or flexibility; flexible; pliable.
    Synonym: lithy
    • 1914, Charlie Dunbar Broad, Perception, physics, and reality:
      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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