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inflexion (countable and uncountable, plural inflexions)

1. (chiefly British) Dated spelling of inflection.
   • c. 1803–1805, Jane Austen, “The Watsons”, in J[ames] E[dward] Austen[-]Leigh, A Memoir of Jane Austen: […] to which is Added Lady Susan and Fragments of Two Other Unfinished Tales by Miss Austen, 2nd edition, London: Richard Bentley and Son, […], published 1871, →OCLC, page 338:

     […] I do not like the studied air and artificial inflexions of voice which your very popular and most admired preachers generally have.

   • [2005 April 11, Philip Howard, “Modern Manners”, in The Times‎, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 April 2026:

     “Connexion” is the etymological (ie, “correct”) spelling. That is to say, our word is derived from an actual Latin noun, cf. deflexion, inflexion, and reflexion. […] And it might make life easier to abolish the letter “x”. But why should we cut off the fascinating roots of our words? I should carry on preferring “connexion”.]

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