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mindbender

noun

Etymology

From mind + bender.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. suffixed as bender — “bend + er”
  7. compounded as mindbender — “mind + bender”

Definitions

  1. Something that is mind-bending.

    • The ruched dresses are a mindbender, with taut stretch silk blending into draped folds.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA