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flaccidflac‧cid /ˈflæsɪd, ˈflæksɪd/ adjective technical flaccidOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin flaccidus, from flaccus ‘soft and loose’ - He had a left hemiplegia, and was flaccid at first, although the flaccidity soon started changing to spasticity.
- He staggered, jerking the flaccid weight higher on his shoulder.
- In flaccid prose Shaftesbury rambles on with an air of affected conversational ease which projects the persona of the patronising aristocrat.
- Pulled out of its tube and drained of its color, the worm is decidedly flaccid and unattractive.
- Some of the envelopes bulged with mail, others sat limply in their allocated space, flaccid from lack of correspondence.
- The legs were loose, the belly flaccid and limp.
- There was no mistaking the flaccid outlines of a suit that had lost its pressure and was open to vacuum.
soft and weak instead of firm: a flaccid penis—flaccidity /flæˈsɪdəti, flæk-/ noun [uncountable] |