noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being flaccid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
flaccidity
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noun
Meaning 2
a flabby softness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flabbiness, limpness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: softness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English flaccid Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English flaccidity From flaccid + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Laschheit — the condition of being flaccid
- German: Schlaffheit — the condition of being flaccid
- German: Schwäche — the condition of being flaccid
- German: Welkheit — the condition of being flaccid
- German: Atonie — the condition of being flaccid
- Hindi: शिथिलता (śithiltā) — the condition of being flaccid
- Spanish: flacidez — the condition of being flaccid
- Spanish: flaccidez — the condition of being flaccid
- Swedish: slakhet — the condition of being flaccid
- Volapük: nestif — the condition of being flaccid