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INFLECTION
Definition of INFLECTION
noun
The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
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Where it comes from
From older inflexion, borrowed from Middle French inflexion, itself borrowed from Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”). The English spelling with ⟨ct⟩ is due to influence from inflect or related words like correction.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INFLECTION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INFLECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
Built from these letters
INFLECTION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEFIILNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start INFLEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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