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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness;
- Example: "a flaccid penis"

2. out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance;
- Example: "he was too soft for the army"
- Example: "flabby around the middle"
- Example: "flaccid cheeks"
[syn: soft, flabby, flaccid]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

flaccid \flac"cid\ (fl[a^]k"s[i^]d or fl[a^]s"s[i^]d), 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. [1913 Webster] Religious profession . . . has become flacced. --I. Taylor. -- flac"cid*ly (fl[a^]k"s[i^]d*l[y^] or fl[a^]s"s[i^]d*l[y^]), adv. -- flac"cid*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flaccid adj 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, flabby, flaccid]