flexional, flectional, a.
(ˈflɛkʃənəl)
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of flexion, esp. in Grammar: see flexion 4. Also, of a language: Possessed of, or based upon flexions. Cf. inflexional.
| 1833 J. C. Hare in Philolog. Museum II. 256 The meaning of a flexional termination. 1862 Marsh Eng. Lang. 347 An important advantage of a positional..over a flectional syntax, is that [etc.]. 1869 Farrar Fam. Speech iv. 119 note, A flexional language..makes use of elements..purely conventional and mechanical. 1874 Sayce Compar. Philol. iv. 156 The clear flectional growth of the verb. |