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Flaccid

Flaccid Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flaccid? [adj] lacking firmness or stiffness; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks" [adj] lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flaccid: flabby \| lax \| limp \| slack \| soft \| weak Related Terms \| Find terms related to Flaccid: anemic \| asthenic \| bloodless \| chicken \| cowardly \| debilitated \| drooping \| droopy \| dull \| effete \| emasculated \| etiolated \| faint \| faintish \| feeble \| flabby \| flimsy \| floppy \| gone \| gutless \| imbecile \| impotent \| languid \| languorous \| lax \| limber \| limp \| listless \| loose \| lustless \| marrowless \| nerveless \| pithless \| pooped \| powerless \| relaxed \| rubbery \| sapless \| sapped \| sinewless \| slack \| sleazy \| soft \| spineless \| strengthless \| unhardened \| unnerved \| unstrung \| weak \| weakened \| weakly See Also \| Flaccid In Webster's Dictionary \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"cidly}, adv. -- {Flac"cidness}, n.

Flaccid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flaccid?

[adj] lacking firmness or stiffness; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks"
[adj] lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"

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Flaccid In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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