Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-FLEX-I-BIL'I-TY, or IN-FLEX'I-BLE-NESS
IN-FLEX-I-BIL'I-TY, or IN-FLEX'I-BLE-NESS, n. [Fr. inflexibilité, from inflexible; L. in and flexibilis, from flecto, to bend.]
- The quality of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent; unyielding stiffness.
- Obstinacy of will or temper; firmness of purpose that will not yield to importunity or persuasion; unbending pertinacity.
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