flaccidadj.
/ˈflasɪd/, /ˈflaksɪd/, U.S. /ˈflæsəd/, /ˈflæksəd/ 1.
a. Wanting in stiffness, hanging or lying loose or in wrinkles; limber, limp; flabby. Chiefly of flesh and similar structures: rarely of a person.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [adjective] > flabby
flaggya1565
flappy1598
quaggy1611
flaccid1620
quagginga1627
pendulous1822
slummocky?1861
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
1620 T. Venner Via Recta v. 87 The one it maketh flaccide, and the other subiect to putrefaction.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall iv. 46 The sides of the Bladder grew flaccid.
1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 37 Yet are the Muscles not Flaccid, but Tense and Firm.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 117. ⁋8 The flaccid sides of a football.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs in Wks. IX. 385 His double chin over his flaccid whitey-brown shirt collar.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 554 The flaccid children within.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xv. 234 His hair moist, his eyes heavy, his cheeks flaccid.
b. Of vegetable organs and tissues: Bending without elasticity, also, relaxed from want of moisture; drooping.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > withered or dry
withered1488
wizened1513
starven1546
faded1574
starved1578
flaccid1626
davereda1794
wilted1809
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §493 The part, against which the Sun beateth, waxeth more faint and flaccide in the Stalk, and thereby less able to support the Flower.
1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 233 Stem flaccid, rough with strong hairs.
1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants ix. 226 The leaf being flaccid and apparently dead.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 675 The current of water also ceases as soon as the tissues which have become somewhat flaccid are again turgescent.
2. Of immaterial things: Wanting vigour and nervous energy, limp, feeble.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things)
thin?c1225
wateryc1230
feeble1393
wash1548
waterish1549
fadea1554
limping1577
dilute1605
lank1607
languid1622
water gruel1630
invalid1635
sinewless1644
exsanguine1647
flaccid1647
diluted1681
wishy-washy1693
tiffany1694
foible1715
rickety1738
faintly1771
unrobust1775
pale1820
peely-wally1832
muscleless1841
weakling1848
weedy?1858
feeblose1882
papery1924
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
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. ii. xli What's dull or flaccid, nought illustrative.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud i. v, in Maud & Other Poems 3 A scheme that had left us flaccid and drain'd.
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God viii. 140 It is because his resolutions have been feeble, and his purposes flaccid.
Derivatives
ˈflaccidly adv. in a flaccid manner.
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adverb]
faintlyc1320
weakly1398
unthendelyc1440
lankly1611
flaggingly1693
strengthlessly1820
punily1827
nervelessly1836
flaccidly1847
limply1869
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adverb] > in a flabby or flaccid manner
foggya1529
flabbily1846
flaccidly1847
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Flaccidly.
1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. i. xii. 218 Belinda has thrown herself flaccidly into a chair.
ˈflaccidness n. the state of being flaccid, flaccidity.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > flabbiness or flaccidity
quagginess1653
flagginess1654
slappiness1668
flaccidity1676
flabbiness1727
flaccidness1727
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [noun] > flabby > condition of being
flatuling1634
flagginess1654
flaccidness1876
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Flaccidness.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 238 The flaccidness of the tissues.
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