Dictionary entry

Flaccid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Flac″cid (flăk″sĭd), 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 (flăk″sĭd‐ly̆), adv. — Flac″cid‐ness, n.