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flabbiness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The characteristic or quality of being flabby

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • April 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, letter to Edmund Goose There were two, or perhaps three, flabbinesses of style which (in your work) amazed me. Am I right in thinking you were a shade bored over the last chapters?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a flabby softness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: limpness, flaccidity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: softness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English flabby Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English flabbiness From flabby + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: velttous — being flabby
  • Finnish: vetelyys — being flabby