adj
Meaning 1
Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: limp
Antonyms: firm
Standard Lemma guide
flaccid
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Soft; floppy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Soft; floppy.
Not erect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soft
Antonyms: erect, turgid, hard
adj
Meaning 4
Lacking energy or vigor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was too soft for the army
- flabby around the middle
- flaccid cheeks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soft, flabby
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a flaccid penis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin flaccus Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti 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).
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отпуснат (otpusnat) — flabby
- Estonian: lõtv — flabby
- Finnish: veltto — flabby
- French: flasque — flabby
- German: schlaff — flabby
- Ancient Greek: πλαδαρός (pladarós) — flabby
- Hindi: शिथिल (śithil) — flabby
- Hindi: ढीला (ḍhīlā) — flabby
- Hungarian: petyhüdt — flabby
- Hungarian: ernyedt — flabby
- Italian: moscio — flabby
- Italian: flaccido — flabby
- Latin: flaccidus — flabby
- Māori: ngongohe — flabby
- Māori: kūreherehe — flabby
- Plautdietsch: schlaup — flabby
- Plautdietsch: flebrich — flabby
- Portuguese: flácido — flabby
- Portuguese: fofo — flabby
- Russian: вя́лый (vjályj) — flabby
- Russian: дря́блый (drjáblyj) — flabby
- Spanish: flácido — flabby
- Spanish: mole — flabby
- Spanish: fláccido — flabby
- Swedish: sladdrig — flabby
- Ukrainian: в'ялий (vʺjalyj) — flabby
- Ukrainian: звислий (zvyslyj) — flabby
- Central Bikol: luntoy — soft, floppy
- Bulgarian: мек (mek) — soft, floppy
- Dutch: slap — soft, floppy
- Dutch: slobberig — soft, floppy
- Estonian: lõtv — soft, floppy
- Finnish: veltto — soft, floppy
- Finnish: löysä — soft, floppy
- French: flasque — soft, floppy
- Ancient Greek: πλαδαρός (pladarós) — soft, floppy
- Hindi: ढीला (ḍhīlā) — soft, floppy
- Hindi: शिथिल (śithil) — soft, floppy
- Hungarian: puha — soft, floppy
- Māori: ngongohe — soft, floppy
- Māori: whakanewa — soft, floppy
- Māori: ngore — soft, floppy
- Māori: ngorengore — soft, floppy
- Māori: tīmohea — soft, floppy
- Māori: tihō — soft, floppy
- Māori: tihōhō — soft, floppy
- Māori: pīkawikawi — soft, floppy
- Plautdietsch: schlaup — soft, floppy
- Plautdietsch: flebrich — soft, floppy
- Portuguese: mole — soft, floppy
- Portuguese: fofo — soft, floppy
- Russian: вя́лый (vjályj) — soft, floppy
- Spanish: flácido — soft, floppy
- Spanish: blando — soft, floppy
- Spanish: fláccido — soft, floppy
- Swedish: slak — soft, floppy
- Volapük: nestifik — soft, floppy
- Bulgarian: безсилен (bezsilen) — lacking energy or vigor
- Finnish: veltto — lacking energy or vigor
- French: flasque — lacking energy or vigor
- Hindi: शिथिल (śithil) — lacking energy or vigor
- Hindi: निष्क्रिय (niṣkriya) — lacking energy or vigor
- Hungarian: erőtlen — lacking energy or vigor
- Hungarian: ernyedt — lacking energy or vigor
- Māori: ngoikore — lacking energy or vigor
- Russian: вя́лый (vjályj) — lacking energy or vigor
- Spanish: fláccido — lacking energy or vigor
- Swedish: slapp — lacking energy or vigor
- Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (gevşek) — lacking energy or vigor
- Ukrainian: млявий (mljavyj) — lacking energy or vigor