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flaccid
/ˈflæksɪd/
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What does flaccid mean?
adjective
- Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.
- Soft; floppy.
- Not erect.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- Lacking energy or vigor.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈflæksɪd/
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In these days of flaccid patriotism and moral declension in public life, his example may well stimulate and inspire.
What, if she, who could combine motherhood with the most unending muscular toil, will fall flaccid and helpless where the labour becomes mental?
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The greater danger is to be found in the flaccid, undiscriminating interest of "sympathizers" who are "for it"--as an accessory to their own particular panacea.
This prolonged exposure to the air is termed "withering," and the leaves become soft and flaccid, as they do in the first artificial heating for Green tea.
The right mamma was quite well developed, flaccid, the nipple prominent, and the superficial veins larger and more tortuous than usual.