inflected
(adjective) showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes); ââboysâ and âswamâ are inflected English wordsâ; âGerman is an inflected languageâ
inflected
(adjective) (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch; âhis southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern oneâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inflected (comparative more inflected, superlative most inflected)
Deviating from a straight line.
(grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
(linguistics) Having inflected word forms; fusional.
(botany) bent or curved inward or downward
inflected
simple past tense and past participle of inflect
• deflectin
Source: Wiktionary
In*flect"ed, a.
1. Bent; turned; deflected.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective. Inflected cycloid (Geom.), a prolate cycloid. See Cycloid.
In*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflecting.] Etym: [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in + flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle Sir I. Newton.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; âa desirable jobâ; âcomputer with many desirable featuresâ; âa desirable outcomeâ
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
