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flaccid

adj
/ˈflæ(k)sɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin flaccus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin flacceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flaccidusbor. English flaccid From Latin flaccid(us).

  1. borrowed from flaccidus

Definitions

  1. Flabby

    Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.

    • Colonel Korn, a stocky, dark, flaccid man with a shapeless paunch, sat completely relaxed on one of the benches in the front row, his hands clasped comfortably over the top of his bald and swarthy head.

  2. Soft

    Soft; floppy.

    • The combatants with rage most horrible Strove, and their eyes started with cracking stare, And impotent their tongues they lolled into the air, Flaccid and foamy, like a mad dog’s hanging; […]

  3. Lacking energy or vigor.

    • The flaccid economy of the 1970s rendered Americans even more hostile toward liberal welfare policies.

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Derived

acute flaccid myelitis, flaccidity, flaccidness, flaccify, nonflaccid, subflaccid

Vish — recursive loop

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