flaccid

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When generally involved it is flabby or flaccid, and in extreme cases collapses when emptied or cut.

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  1. adjective Lacking firmness, resilience, or muscle tone. See Synonyms at limp.
  2. adjective Lacking vigor or energy: flaccid management.

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  • Instead the discomfort had made me flaccid, and he soon gave up on that idea. —  XXXX
  • Her hands were numb and flaccid, and there was no strength in her, not even the strength to lament. —  Red As Blood
  • His face was pale and flaccid, as if he'd been raised in a cave. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 04-05 - October-November 2001
  • It's been five years, a half-trillion dollars and 4000 dead troops since the invasion and the media still has about as much impact as a flaccid wiener in a whorehouse. —  The Ostroy Report
  • They also vary greatly in size, both in flaccid (soft) and erect (hard) states. —  open source sex
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nerveless ·  rubbery ·  limp ·  fleshy ·  flabby ·  unresponsive ·  lumpy ·  puffy ·  sinewy ·  colorless ·  torpid ·  clammy
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin flaccidus, from flaccus, flabby.

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  1. = Spanish flacido = Portuguese Italian flaccido, from Latin flaccidus, flabby, pendulous, flaccid, from flaccus, flabby, pendulous. The resemblance to English flack, flacky, flag, is accidental.
 

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