Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Retroflex \Re"tro*flex\, Retroflexed \Re"tro*flexed\, a. [Pref.
retro- + L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.]
Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
Source : WordNet®
retroflex
v 1: bend or turn backward [syn: {replicate}]
2: 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
adj 1: bent or curved backward [syn: {retroflexed}]
2: pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the
hard palate [syn: {cacuminal}]