flaccid
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flaccid
- /ˈflæ(k)sɪd/
Rhymes with -æksɪd, -æsɪd
Where it comes from
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).
adjective more flaccid · most flaccid
- Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone. 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.
- Soft; floppy. 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; […]
- Not erect. They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]
- Lacking energy or vigor. The flaccid economy of the 1970s rendered Americans even more hostile toward liberal welfare policies.
