▪ I. inflexibility1
(ɪnˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ)
[f. inflexible1 + -ity, perh. after F. inflexibilité (1611 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The quality or condition of being inflexible; incapability of being bent; unyielding stiffness, rigidity; firmness of purpose, obstinacy.
| 1611 Florio, Inflessibilita, inflexibilitie. 1706 in Phillips. c 1730 A. Baxter Enq. Nat. Soul II. 125 (T.) Against the ‘inertia’ of matter, or the inflexibility of mechanism. 1742 Fielding J. Andrews iv. v, The squire, who knew her inflexibility, interrupted her. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxiii, His features arranged into the utmost inflexibility of expression. 1873 L. Ferguson Disc. 218 Mere inflexibility of purpose is not necessarily an excellence. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 337 Bone..cannot swell, in consequence of its inflexibility. |
▪ II. inflexibility2
see inflexible2.