Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having power to bend or change the mind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Having power to change the mind.
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- adjective rare Having the power to
change somebody's mind .
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whichbe commented on the word flexanimous
Having power to change the mind. Mentally flexible.
July 25, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word flexanimous
(adjective) - (1) Having power to change the disposition of the mind.
--Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, 1755
(2) Of a minde easily bent or turned.
--Thomas Blount's Glossographia, 1656
(3) Flexanimousness, flexibleness of mind or disposition.
--Nathaniel Bailey's Etymological English Dictionary, 1749
January 16, 2018