retroflex

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retroflex Definition

• (s) bent or curved backward
• (s) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
• (v) bend or turn backward
• (v) articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"

retroflex Synonyms

• cacuminal
• replicate
• retroflex
• retroflexed