deflexure

English

Etymology

From Latin deflectere, deflexum. See deflect.

Noun

deflexure (plural deflexures)

1. A bending or turning aside; deflection.
   • 1674, Thomaus Blount, Glossographia:

     Deflexure (deflexura) bowing or bending

References

• “deflexure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Participle

dēflexūre

1. vocative masculine singular of dēflexūrus