bendsome

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbɛndsəm/ UK /ˈbɛndsəm/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

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adj
flexible or pliant; easily bent (dialectal)

The willow's bendsome shoots made fine basket withies.

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Synonyms

1 adj · flexible or pliant; easily... flexible pliant supple pliable limber

Opposites

rigid stiff inflexible

Word family

Related forms bend bendable bendy

Etymology

From bend + -some, from Old English bendan ('to bend').

bendan Old English

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# 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

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