n.
- an action performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus.
▸(in reflexology) a response in a part of the body to stimulation of a corresponding point on the feet, hands, or head.
- a thing that reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else.
▸a word formed by development from an earlier stage of a language.
- archaic a reflected source of light.
adj.
- (of an action) performed as a reflex.
- (of an angle) exceeding 180°.
- archaic (of light) reflected.
- archaic bent or turned backwards.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from L. reflexus ‘a bending back’, from reflectere (see reflect).