bendsome C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈbɛndsəm/ UK /ˈbɛndsəm/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj flexible or pliant; easily bent (dialectal) The willow's bendsome shoots made fine basket withies. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · flexible or pliant; easily... flexiblepliantsupplepliablelimber ↔ Opposites rigidstiffinflexible Word family Related forms bendbendablebendy Etymology AI details From bend + -some, from Old English bendan ('to bend'). bendan Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bendsome **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈbɛndsəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɛndsəm/ ## Meanings 1. flexible or pliant; easily bent (dialectal) ## Examples - The willow's bendsome shoots made fine basket withies. ## Synonyms - flexible - pliant - supple - pliable - limber ## Antonyms - rigid - stiff - inflexible ## Related Forms - bend - bendable - bendy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bendan ## Etymology From bend + -some, from Old English bendan ('to bend'). ## AI Etymology Bendsome comes from bend + -some, from Old English bendan ('to bend'). The historical trail runs through bendan in Old English. Morphologically, bendsome is transparent: it draws on bend + -some, from Old English bendan ('to bend'). Used as an adjective, bendsome now means "flexible or pliant; easily bent (dialectal)", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as bend, bendable, and bendy. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Register & Style markdown