Flaccid

//ˈflæ(k)sɪd// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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. 2
    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. 3
    Soft; floppy.; Not erect. specifically

    "They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]"

  4. 4
    Lacking energy or vigor.

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance wordnet
  2. 2
    drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
softanemicasthenicbloodlesschickencowardly

Example

More examples

"By the time I'd gotten home, the tall bouquet had gone flaccid from the summer heat."

Etymology

From Latin flaccid(us).

Related phrases

acute flaccid myelitis

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