† fleˈxanimous, a. Obs.
[f. L. flexanim-us (f. flex- ppl. stem of flectĕre to bend + anim-um mind) + -ous.]
1. Having power to bend or influence the mind; moving, affecting.
| c 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith (1627) 66 It stands not without doores as a Mendicant Flexanimous perswader. 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 5 He is that flexanimous Preacher whose pulpit is in heaven. 1672 Life Jas. Arminius & Simon Episcopius i. 8 There was in Beza beyond other mortals a flexanimous and perswasive eloquence. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1656–81 Blount Glossogr., Flexanimous..that is of a minde easily bent or turned. 1721 in Bailey. |
Hence fleˈxanimousness.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, Flexanimousness, flexibleness of Mind or Disposition. |