flaccid
/ˈflæ(k)sɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.64 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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; […]"
- "They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]"
- "The flaccid economy of the 1970s rendered Americans even more hostile toward liberal welfare policies."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin flaccus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin flacceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flaccid(us)bor. English flaccid Borrowed from Latin flaccid(us).
Inflected Forms
more flaccid (comparative)
most flaccid (superlative)