retroflexed

Variant of retroflex

adjective

  1. bent or turned backward
  2. Phonet. articulated with the tip of the tongue raised and bent slightly backward toward the hard palate

Origin: L retroflexus, pp. of retroflectere: see retro- & flex

noun

Phonet. a retroflex sound
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