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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ret·ro·flex       [re-truh-fleks] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.bent backward; exhibiting retroflexion.
2.Phonetics. articulated with the tip of the tongue curled upward and back against or near the juncture of the hard and soft palates; cacuminal; cerebral; coronal.
Also, ret·ro·flexed       [re-truh-flekst] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1910–15; < L retrōflexus (ptp. of retrōflectere to bend back). See retro-, flex1]
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ret·ro·flex       (rět'rə-flěks')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   also ret·ro·flexed (-flěkst')
  1. Bent, curved, or turned backward.
  2. Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back against the roof of the mouth.

n.   A sound pronounced with the tongue in retroflex position, as the sound (r) in some varieties of English.


[Latin *retrōflexus, past participle of retrōflectere, to bend back : retrō, retro- + flectere, to bend.]

ret'ro·flex'ion, ret'ro·flec'tion n.
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retroflex

adjective
1. bent or curved backward 
2. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate [syn: cacuminal] 

verb
1. bend or turn backward 
2. articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants" 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Retroflex

Re"tro*flex\, Retroflexed \Re"tro*flexed\, a. [Pref. retro- + L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.] Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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