flaccid

English

Etymology

From Latin flaccidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæ(k)sɪd/

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• Rhymes: -æksɪd, -æsɪd
• Hyphenation: flac‧cid

Adjective

flaccid (comparative more flaccid, superlative most flaccid)

1. Flabby.

   Antonym: firm

   • 1955, Joseph Heller, chapter 13, in Catch-22, page 140:

     Colonel Korn, a stocky, dark, flaccid man with a shapeless paunch, sat completely relaxed on one of the benches in the front row, his hands clasped comfortably over the top of his bald and swarthy head.

2. Soft; floppy.
   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 267:

     The combatants with rage most horrible
     Strove, and their eyes started with cracking stare,
     And impotent their tongues they lolled into the air,
     Flaccid and foamy, like a mad dog’s hanging; […]

   1. (specifically, of an erectile organ) Not erect.

      Synonym: soft

      Antonyms: erect, turgid, hard

      • 2006, Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality, page 93:

        They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]

3. Lacking energy or vigor.
   • 2006, Jeff Bloodworth, “"THE PROGRAM FOR BETTER JOBS AND INCOME": WELFARE REFORM, LIBERALISM, AND THE FAILED PRESIDENCY OF JIMMY CARTER.”, in International Social Science Review, volume 81, number 3/4, pages 135–150:

     The flaccid economy of the 1970s rendered Americans even more hostile toward liberal welfare policies.

Derived terms

• acute flaccid myelitis

Related terms

• flaccidly

Translations

flabby

Bulgarian: отпуснат (bg) (otpusnat) Estonian: lõtv Finnish: veltto (fi) French: flasque (fr) German: schlaff (de) Greek: Ancient: πλαδαρός (pladarós) Hungarian: petyhüdt (hu), ernyedt (hu) Italian: moscio (it) m, flaccido (it) Latin: flaccidus Maori: ngongohe, kūreherehe Ottoman Turkish: گوشك (gevşek) Plautdietsch: schlaup, flebrich Portuguese: flácido (pt), fofo (pt) Russian: вя́лый (ru) (vjályj), дря́блый (ru) (drjáblyj) Spanish: flácido (es), mole (es) Swedish: sladdrig (sv) Ukrainian: в'ялий (uk) m (vʺjalyj), звислий m (zvyslyj)

soft, floppy

Bikol Central: luntoy Bulgarian: мек (bg) (mek) Dutch: slap (nl), slobberig (nl) Estonian: lõtv Finnish: veltto (fi), löysä (fi) French: flasque (fr) Greek: Ancient: πλαδαρός (pladarós) Hungarian: puha (hu) Maori: ngongohe, whakanewa, ngore, ngorengore, tīmohea, tihō, tihōhō, pīkawikawi Ottoman Turkish: گوشك (gevşek) Plautdietsch: schlaup, flebrich Portuguese: mole (pt), fofo (pt) Russian: вя́лый (ru) (vjályj) Spanish: flácido (es), blando (es) Swedish: slak (sv) Volapük: nestifik

lacking energy or vigor

Bulgarian: безсилен (bg) (bezsilen) Finnish: veltto (fi) French: flasque (fr) Hungarian: erőtlen (hu), ernyedt (hu) Maori: ngoikore Russian: вя́лый (ru) (vjályj) Swedish: slapp (sv) Ukrainian: млявий (uk) m (mljavyj)

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Icelandic: (please verify) linur (is), (please verify) slappur (is), (please verify) máttlaus