单词 | flexanimous |
释义 | † flexanimousadj. Obsolete. 1. Having power to bend or influence the mind; moving, affecting. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] persuasiblea1425 persuasivec1487 persuadable1532 suading1557 persuasory1576 suasory1576 persuading1581 suasive1601 adamantic1605 inducing1606 inducive1611 inductious1620 flexanimous1621 pleaful1625 suasorian1646 psychagogical1822 psychagogic1846 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith x. 71 It standes not without doores as a Mendicant Flexanimous perswader. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 570 He is that flexanimous Preacher, whose Pulpit is in heaven. 1672 Life Jas. Arminius & Simon Episcopius i. 8 There was in Beza beyond other mortals a flexanimous and perswasive eloquence. 2. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Flexanimous,..that is of a minde easily bent or turned. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Derivatives fleˈxanimousness n. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Flexanimousness, flexibleness of Mind or Disposition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1621 |
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