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flabbiness|ˈflæbɪnɪs|
[f. next + -ness.]
The state or condition of being flabby, flaccidity.
1727Bailey vol. II, Flabbiness, limberness with Moisture, Staleness, &c. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) II. 197 The fat, and the flabbiness of that, seems to give an appearance of softness. 1834Brit. Husb. I. 140 A certain want of spirit and flabbiness of flesh. 1856G. Meredith Shav. Shagpat 370 The lion came trundling along in utter flabbiness, raising not his head.
b. In immaterial things: Want of vigour, feebleness, laxness, slackness.
1883Solicitor's Jrnl. 24 Nov. 63/1 The practice of the courts..has..tended to establish a general vagueness and flabbiness. 1889H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn i, Weakness of character, or flabbiness of intellect. |