Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking firmness; hanging limply.
- adjective Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Soft and limber; lax; drooping by its own weight; without firmness or elasticity; flabby: as, flaccid flesh.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Flabby . - adjective
Soft ;floppy . - adjective Lacking energy or vigor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- adjective drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My guess is, the use of the word flaccid was no accident.
Archive 2006-09-01 2006
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Well phil - shame you couldn't actually demonstrate in what way my logic was "flaccid" - or how things are "not going my way".
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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First, I'm sure you are both flaco and flaccid, that is, skinny and limp.
Illusions: Fake Twitters and Strange Looks BikeSnobNYC 2009
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And then be! 'slept with that creepy marketing director, Rick - or rather, we grope& never needed the condom lying on the nightstand, because "the big bruiser," as my date called his flaccid penis, went on strike, something it had never done, he assured me, ever.
the secret sense Tan, Amy 1995
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I have to say his eggplants look kind of flaccid, not at all the full, glossy thing mine is, but the painting works its own still life magic.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Still, Life With Eggplant 2010
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I have to say his eggplants look kind of flaccid, not at all the full, glossy thing mine is, but the painting works its own still life magic.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Still, Life With Eggplant 2010
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The New York Times critic dismissed Solar as one of McEwan's "lesser efforts" while the Washington Post called it "flaccid" and advised readers to "let Solar pass and wait for his next book to eclipse it".
Ian McEwan: Americans Are 'Profoundly Bored' By Climate Change 2010
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The New York Times critic dismissed Solar as one of McEwan's "lesser efforts" while the Washington Post called it "flaccid" and advised readers to "let Solar pass and wait for his next book to eclipse it".
Ian McEwan: Americans Are 'Profoundly Bored' By Climate Change 2010
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I am afraid the climax is still suffering from Vague Psychic Battle Syndrome, and the whole thing feels kind of flaccid and colorless right now, but it's written and that's what matters.
best. holiday. icon. evar. truepenny 2007
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The word "flaccid" was never used when you referred to me.
Jennifer and John Lehr: He Said, She Said: What Happens at Yaddo Doesn't Stay at Yaddo 2008
chained_bear commented on the word flaccid
Wait... why would this word be tagged "stiffness"? What am I missing?
November 11, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word flaccid
It's a degree of stiffness: IE a small degree!
November 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word flaccid
I'm not thinking about this.
November 11, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word flaccid
But... but... ?! I still think it's a weird tag.
I think flaccid is an alsome word. It's way better than flabby.
November 11, 2007
skipvia commented on the word flaccid
It might make more sense if there were other words tagged "stiffness," but this seems to be the only one.
For some reason it reminds me of a snippet from This is Spinal Tap:
"It's like, 'how much more black could this be?' and the answer is none. None more black."
November 11, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word flaccid
I'm going to make it my mission to tag some more words with "stiffness"---possibly completely at random.
November 11, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word flaccid
Or, you could resolve to make the stiffness tag somewhat useful rather than random, and tag everything that isn't stiff. Though it does seem a pretty good tag for random purposes. It will cause some head-scratching. ;)
May I suggest tagging baculum? Nevermind, I'll do it myself. :)
November 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word flaccid
Way to make things more interesting, SoG!
November 11, 2007
gman commented on the word flaccid
pronounced like "accident"
November 19, 2009
rolig commented on the word flaccid
I have always pronounced this to rhyme with "acid", and I see that the New Oxford American Dictionary acknowledges both pronunciations.
November 19, 2009