RETROFLEX

• (verb) articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate

  "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"

• (verb) bend or turn backward

  synonyms : replicate

• (adj.) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

  synonyms : cacuminal

• (adj.) bent or curved backward

  synonyms : retroflexed

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