In*flex"i*ble (?), a. [L. inflexiblis: cf. F. inflexible. See In- not, and Flexible.]

1.

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

2.

Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.

"Inflexibleas steel." Miltom.

Amanof upright and inflexibletemper . . . can overcome all private fear. Addison.

3.

Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.

The nature of things is inflexible. I. Watts.

Syn. -- -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.

 

© Webster 1913.

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