flaccid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin flaccus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin flacceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flaccid(us)bor. English flaccid Borrowed from Latin flaccid(us).
Meanings
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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.
1955, Joseph Heller, chapter 13, in Catch-22, page 140:
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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; […]
1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 267:
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(of an erectile organ, specifically) Soft; floppy. ▸ Not erect.
They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]
2006, Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality, page 93:
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Lacking energy or vigor.
The flaccid economy of the 1970s rendered Americans even more hostile toward liberal welfare policies.
2006, Jeff Bloodworth, “"THE PROGRAM FOR BETTER JOBS AND INCOME": WELFARE REFORM, LIBERALISM, AND THE FAILED PRESIDENCY OF JIMMY CARTER.”, in International Social Science Review, volume 81, number 3/4, pages 135–150:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more flaccid | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most flaccid | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
subflaccid · flaccify · flaccidness · flaccidity · nonflaccid · acute flaccid myelitis
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Synonyms
Translations (71)
hi शिथिल (lacking energy or vigor) · hi थुलथुल (flabby) · hu erőtlen (lacking energy or vigor) · pt fofo (soft, floppy) · sv slak (soft, floppy) · sv slapp (lacking energy or vigor) · grc πλαδαρός (flabby) · es fláccido (soft, floppy) · sv sladdrig (flabby) · hu ernyedt (flabby) · hu petyhüdt (flabby) · nl slap (soft, floppy) · hu ernyedt (lacking energy or vigor) · pt mole (soft, floppy) · fr flasque (soft, floppy) · ru вя́лый (soft, floppy) · mi kūreherehe (flabby) · hi ढीला (soft, floppy) · hi निष्क्रिय (lacking energy or vigor) · uk звислий (flabby) · hu puha (soft, floppy) · pdt schlaup (soft, floppy) · uk в'ялий (flabby) · pdt flebrich (flabby) · mi ngore (soft, floppy) · bcl luntoy (soft, floppy) · mi tihōhō (soft, floppy) · la flaccidus (flabby) · hi कोमल (soft, floppy) · es flácido (soft, floppy) · es fláccido (flabby) · fi veltto (lacking energy or vigor) · ru вя́лый (flabby) · es fláccido (lacking energy or vigor) · fi veltto (soft, floppy) · uk млявий (lacking energy or vigor) · pdt flebrich (soft, floppy) · hi पिलपिला (flabby) · nl slobberig (soft, floppy) · mi tīmohea (soft, floppy) · mi ngorengore (soft, floppy) · ru вя́лый (lacking energy or vigor) · ru дря́блый (flabby) · mi tihō (soft, floppy) · bg отпуснат (flabby) · hi शिथिल (flabby) · pt fofo (flabby) · mi ngongohe (soft, floppy) · de schlaff (flabby) · es flácido (flabby) · fi löysä (soft, floppy) · it flaccido (flabby) · it moscio (flabby) · pt flácido (flabby) · mi ngongohe (flabby) · bg безсилен (lacking energy or vigor) · fi veltto (flabby) · et lõtv (soft, floppy) · hi ढीला (flabby) · grc πλαδαρός (soft, floppy) · fr flasque (lacking energy or vigor) · mi ngoikore (lacking energy or vigor) · mi pīkawikawi (soft, floppy) · fr flasque (flabby) · bg мек (soft, floppy) · hi शिथिल (soft, floppy) · ota كوشك (lacking energy or vigor) · mi whakanewa (soft, floppy) · et lõtv (flabby) · pdt schlaup (flabby) · vo nestifik (soft, floppy)