Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flaccid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flaccid \Flac"cid\, a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf.
OF. flaccide.]
Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft
and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid
muscle; flaccid flesh.
Religious profession . . . has become flacced. --I.
Taylor.
-- {Flac"cid*ly}, adv. -- {Flac"cid*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flaccid
adj 1: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid
muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp
handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all
desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" [syn: {lax},
{limp}, {slack}]
2: lacking firmness or stiffness; "flabby around the middle";
"flaccid cheeks" [syn: {flabby}]
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