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reclinant

reclinant adjective: bending or leaning backward.

Adjective

reclinant (comparative more reclinant, superlative most reclinant)

  1. Bending or leaning backward.

Forms of reclinant

comparativemore reclinant
superlativemost reclinant

Origin of reclinant

From Latin reclinans. See recline.

Questions about reclinant

What does reclinant mean?
Reclinant means bending or leaning backward.
What part of speech is reclinant?
Reclinant is an adjective.

Words near reclinant in the dictionary

  1. reclimb
  2. reclimbed
  3. reclimbing
  4. reclimbs
  5. reclinable
  6. reclinant
  7. reclinate
  8. reclinated
  9. reclination
  10. reclinations
  11. recline

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