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Webster 1913 Edition

flaccid

flac′cid

(flăk′sĭd or flăs′sĭd)
,
Adj.
[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.
–
flac′cid-ly
(flăk′sĭd-ly̆ or flăs′sĭd-ly̆)
,
adv.
–
flac′cid-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flaccid

FLAC'CID

,
Adj.
[L. flaccidus, from flacceo, to hand down, to flag.]
Soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; hanging down by its own weight; yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; as a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.

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