flaccid

Adjective
Synonyms: softflabby

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  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”Synonyms: softflabby
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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