单词 | flexional |
释义 | flexionalflectionaladj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of flexion, esp. in Grammar: see flexion n. 4. Also, of a language: Possessed of, or based upon flexions. Cf. inflectional adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [adjective] inflective1799 inflectional1832 flexional1833 fusional1921 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [adjective] > inflected inflected1775 flexional1870 1833 J. C. Hare in Philolog. Museum II. 256 The meaning of a flexional termination. 1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) 347 An important advantage of a positional..over a flectional syntax, is that [etc.]. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 161 A flexional language..makes use of formative elements..purely conventional and mechanical. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. iv. 156 The clear flectional growth of the verb. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1833 |
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