flabbyadj.

Brit.

/ˈflabi/, U.S.

/ˈflæbi/

Etymology: An onomatopoeic modification of the earlier flappy adj.; the voiced ending in flab- as compared with flap- gives to the syllable a feebler effect suited to the meaning. Compare Dutch flabberen (of a breeze) to flutter; Swedish dialect fläbb the hanging underlip of an animal. With sense 2 compare slabby.

1. Hanging loose by its own weight, yielding to the touch and easily moved or shaken, flaccid, limp, soft; said chiefly of or with respect to flesh.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > flabby or flaccid

bloatc1300

quavya1398

lennow1528

fobbya1535

flaggya1565

limber1592

quaggy1611

flaccid1620

frothy1626

boggy1664

flabby1697

limp1706

loppy1855

limpsy1865

huffy1890

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Impassire..to grow flappy, withered, or wrimpled [1611 to grow flappie and wrimpled].]

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 119 His flabby Flanks decrease.

1716 E. Baynard Health 10 Loose, flaby, Wrinkled Skin.

1752 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 163 The town is empty, nothing in it but flabby mackerel.

1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy 165 Ducks..very fat and flabby.

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 545 Her tongue had become yellow, swollen, and flabby.

1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. vi. 58 Their muscles are flabby.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iii. 20 This flabby lump of mortality.

2. Of language, character, etc.: Weak, wanting ‘back-bone’; nerveless, feeble.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective]

feeblec1400

colourlessc1425

flagging1540

pithless1555

blanched1570

toothless1592

unpointed1604

unsinewed1604

jejune1615

low-pitched1622

unsinewy?1623

macilent1624

flaccid1647

insinewy1653

unsubstanceda1658

incogent1667

pointless1673

languida1677

enervatea1704

unaccentuated1716

unnervate1725

lank1729

unforcible1754

nerveless1763

weak1771

flabby1793

slip-slop1814

tinkling1822

exsanguinea1834

twittery1840

slipshod1842

under-coloured1870

shaftless1881

thin1890

unaccented1893

wimpish1925

wimp1979

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will

nesheOE

feeblec1200

softc1275

weaka1425

infirm1526

lithya1533

unheaded1577

spiritless1595

pappy1597

irresolute1600

marrowless1607

seducible1613

wax-nosedc1615

unsinewy?1623

reedy1628

swayable1642

short-spirited1647

weak-headed1654

lath-backed1676

will-less?1680

tiffany-trader1702

weak-minded1716

lax1751

lax-fibred1762

nerveless1783

wishy-washy1801

marcid1822

molluscous1836

boneless1848

weedy1849

putty-headed1857

flabby1862

weak-kneed1863

fibreless1864

invertebrate1867

chinless1881

backboneless1882

featherweight1885

spineless1885

weak-willed1885

totter-kneed1887

akratic1896

effete1905

weakling1906

gutless1915

willowish1919

Milquetoast1932

nannified1960

ball-less1967

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] > of reason: weak

overweaka1425

unsinewed1604

flabby1880

1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 24/2 Garrick after listening to him for awhile..turned slily to a friend, and whispered him, ‘What say you to this?—eh? flabby, I think.’

1855 Sat. Rev. 10 Nov. 35/2 Flabby hebdomadal drivel.

1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 596 The flabby talk of people who are expressly told to keep their minds clear of all knowledge of the principles which it involves.

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. viii. 253 An indolent flabby kind of creature.

1880 Standard 22 Dec. Flabby logic like this.

3. Damp, clammy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective]

thickc888

toughc1000

cleavingc1350

gluey1382

gluish1382

gleiming1387

gummya1398

clammy1398

gleimy1398

viscosec1400

viscousc1400

emplastic?a1425

plastery?c1425

stiffc1430

clamc1440

engleimous?c1475

rawky1509

rich1535

clammish1543

limy1552

strong1560

glutinous1576

cloggy1587

emplastical1590

viscuous1603

plasterish1610

slaba1616

bound1635

viscid1635

lentous1646

spiscious1655

melleous1656

salivarious1656

glutining1658

syrupical1659

glairy1662

gummous1669

gummose1678

mellaginous1681

melligineous1684

pargety1684

sticky1688

sizy1691

dauby1697

syrupy1707

treacly?1734

glaireous1755

flabbyc1780

spissid1782

stodgy1823

waxy1835

teery1848

treacle-like1871

viscoid1877

slauming1904

gooey1906

gloopy1929

gunky1937

gungy1962

yucky1975

c1780 M. Monsey Let. 4 Mar. in J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors (1860) II. iv. 87 How do you stand this flabby weather?

1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xvii. 184 There was a flabby perspiration on the walls.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. In parasynthetic adjectives.

flabby-breasted adj.

ΚΠ

1965 H. Gold Man who was not with It (new ed.) xxix. 266 A gutty, chicken-necked, flabby-breasted manager.

flabby-jowled adj.

ΚΠ

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiii. 290 Flabbyjowled and darkcaverneyed.

flabby-mouthed adj.

ΚΠ

1905 Daily Chron. 1 June 5/7 Those blear-eyed, flabby-mouthed swillers.

C2. With present participle forming adjective, as flabby-looking.

ΚΠ

1895 J. Ashby-Sterry Tale of Thames 43/2 A flabby-looking, unhealthy person.

1947 W. de la Mare Coll. Stories for Children 201 Rather flabby-looking mackerel.

Derivatives

ˈflabbily adv. in a flabby manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adverb] > in a flabby or flaccid manner

foggya1529

flabbily1846

flaccidly1847

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Flabbily, in a flabby manner.

1856 G. Meredith Shaving of Shagpat 325 His tawny skin hung flabbily and his jaw drooped.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	flabby
释义	flabbyadj. Brit. /ˈflabi/, U.S. /ˈflæbi/ Etymology: An onomatopoeic modification of the earlier flappy adj.; the voiced ending in flab- as compared with flap- gives to the syllable a feebler effect suited to the meaning. Compare Dutch flabberen (of a breeze) to flutter; Swedish dialect fläbb the hanging underlip of an animal. With sense 2 compare slabby. 1. Hanging loose by its own weight, yielding to the touch and easily moved or shaken, flaccid, limp, soft; said chiefly of or with respect to flesh. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > flabby or flaccid bloatc1300 quavya1398 lennow1528 fobbya1535 flaggya1565 limber1592 quaggy1611 flaccid1620 frothy1626 boggy1664 flabby1697 limp1706 loppy1855 limpsy1865 huffy1890 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Impassire..to grow flappy, withered, or wrimpled [1611 to grow flappie and wrimpled].] 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 119 His flabby Flanks decrease. View more context for this quotation 1716 E. Baynard Health 10 Loose, flaby, Wrinkled Skin. 1752 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 163 The town is empty, nothing in it but flabby mackerel. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy 165 Ducks..very fat and flabby. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 545 Her tongue had become yellow, swollen, and flabby. 1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. vi. 58 Their muscles are flabby. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iii. 20 This flabby lump of mortality. 2. Of language, character, etc.: Weak, wanting ‘back-bone’; nerveless, feeble. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] feeblec1400 colourlessc1425 flagging1540 pithless1555 blanched1570 toothless1592 unpointed1604 unsinewed1604 jejune1615 low-pitched1622 unsinewy?1623 macilent1624 flaccid1647 insinewy1653 unsubstanceda1658 incogent1667 pointless1673 languida1677 enervatea1704 unaccentuated1716 unnervate1725 lank1729 unforcible1754 nerveless1763 weak1771 flabby1793 slip-slop1814 tinkling1822 exsanguinea1834 twittery1840 slipshod1842 under-coloured1870 shaftless1881 thin1890 unaccented1893 wimpish1925 wimp1979 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will nesheOE feeblec1200 softc1275 weaka1425 infirm1526 lithya1533 unheaded1577 spiritless1595 pappy1597 irresolute1600 marrowless1607 seducible1613 wax-nosedc1615 unsinewy?1623 reedy1628 swayable1642 short-spirited1647 weak-headed1654 lath-backed1676 will-less?1680 tiffany-trader1702 weak-minded1716 lax1751 lax-fibred1762 nerveless1783 wishy-washy1801 marcid1822 molluscous1836 boneless1848 weedy1849 putty-headed1857 flabby1862 weak-kneed1863 fibreless1864 invertebrate1867 chinless1881 backboneless1882 featherweight1885 spineless1885 weak-willed1885 totter-kneed1887 akratic1896 effete1905 weakling1906 gutless1915 willowish1919 Milquetoast1932 nannified1960 ball-less1967 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] > of reason: weak overweaka1425 unsinewed1604 flabby1880 1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 24/2 Garrick after listening to him for awhile..turned slily to a friend, and whispered him, ‘What say you to this?—eh? flabby, I think.’ 1855 Sat. Rev. 10 Nov. 35/2 Flabby hebdomadal drivel. 1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 596 The flabby talk of people who are expressly told to keep their minds clear of all knowledge of the principles which it involves. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. viii. 253 An indolent flabby kind of creature. 1880 Standard 22 Dec. Flabby logic like this. 3. Damp, clammy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] thickc888 toughc1000 cleavingc1350 gluey1382 gluish1382 gleiming1387 gummya1398 clammy1398 gleimy1398 viscosec1400 viscousc1400 emplastic?a1425 plastery?c1425 stiffc1430 clamc1440 engleimous?c1475 rawky1509 rich1535 clammish1543 limy1552 strong1560 glutinous1576 cloggy1587 emplastical1590 viscuous1603 plasterish1610 slaba1616 bound1635 viscid1635 lentous1646 spiscious1655 melleous1656 salivarious1656 glutining1658 syrupical1659 glairy1662 gummous1669 gummose1678 mellaginous1681 melligineous1684 pargety1684 sticky1688 sizy1691 dauby1697 syrupy1707 treacly?1734 glaireous1755 flabbyc1780 spissid1782 stodgy1823 waxy1835 teery1848 treacle-like1871 viscoid1877 slauming1904 gooey1906 gloopy1929 gunky1937 gungy1962 yucky1975 c1780 M. Monsey Let. 4 Mar. in J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors (1860) II. iv. 87 How do you stand this flabby weather? 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xvii. 184 There was a flabby perspiration on the walls. Compounds General attributive. C1. In parasynthetic adjectives. flabby-breasted adj. ΚΠ 1965 H. Gold Man who was not with It (new ed.) xxix. 266 A gutty, chicken-necked, flabby-breasted manager. flabby-jowled adj. ΚΠ 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiii. 290 Flabbyjowled and darkcaverneyed. flabby-mouthed adj. ΚΠ 1905 Daily Chron. 1 June 5/7 Those blear-eyed, flabby-mouthed swillers. C2. With present participle forming adjective, as flabby-looking. ΚΠ 1895 J. Ashby-Sterry Tale of Thames 43/2 A flabby-looking, unhealthy person. 1947 W. de la Mare Coll. Stories for Children 201 Rather flabby-looking mackerel. Derivatives ˈflabbily adv. in a flabby manner. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adverb] > in a flabby or flaccid manner foggya1529 flabbily1846 flaccidly1847 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Flabbily, in a flabby manner. 1856 G. Meredith Shaving of Shagpat 325 His tawny skin hung flabbily and his jaw drooped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1697
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