flac·cid
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| 1. | soft and limp; not firm; flabby: flaccid biceps. |
| 2. | lacking force; weak: flaccid prose. |
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flac·cid·i·ty, flac·cid·ness, noun
flac·cid·ly, adverb
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Flaccid
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adj.
[Latin flaccidus, from flaccus, flabby.] flac·cid'i·ty (-sĭd'ĭ-tē), flac'cid·ness n., flac'cid·ly adv. |
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flaccid
1620, from Fr. flaccide, from L. flaccidus "flabby," from flaccus "flabby," of uncertain origin (OED suggests it's onomatopoeic).
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| flaccid | |
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| 1. | drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness; "a flaccid penis" |
| 2. | out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks" [syn: soft] |
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Flaccid
Flac"cid\, a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flacced. --I. Taylor. -- Flac"cid*ly, adv. -- Flac"cid*ness, n.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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