retroflexed

ret·ro·flex

 (rĕt′rə-flĕks′)

adj. also ret·ro·flexed (-flĕkst′)

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.

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

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ret′ro·flex′ion, ret′ro·flec′tion n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

retroflexed - bent or curved backward retroflex backward - directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"

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