Associations to the word «Inflected»

Wiktionary

INFLECTED, adjective. Deviating from a straight line.
INFLECTED, adjective. (grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
INFLECTED, adjective. (linguistics) Having inflected word forms.
INFLECTED, adjective. (botany) bent or curved inward or downward
INFLECTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of inflect

Dictionary definition

INFLECTED, adjective. (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch; "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one".
INFLECTED, adjective. Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes); "`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language".

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan