flaccid

English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflæ(k)sɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Rhymes: -æksɪd, -æsɪd
Hyphenation: flac‧cid

Adjective

flaccid (comparative more flaccid, superlative most flaccid)

Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.
Antonym: firm

Synonym: limp
- 1955, Joseph Heller, chapter 13, in Catch-22, page 140:
  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.
- 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 267:
  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; […]
1. (specifically, of an erectile organ) Not erect.
  Synonym: soft
  
  Antonyms: erect, turgid, hard
  - 2006, Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality, page 93:
    They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]
Lacking energy or vigor.
- 2006, Jeff Bloodworth, “"THE PROGRAM FOR BETTER JOBS AND INCOME": WELFARE REFORM, LIBERALISM, AND THE FAILED PRESIDENCY OF JIMMY CARTER.”, in International Social Science Review, volume 81, number 3/4, pages 135–150:
  The flaccid economy of the 1970s rendered Americans even more hostile toward liberal welfare policies.

Derived terms

Related terms

flaccidly

Translations

flabby — see also flabby

Bulgarian: отпуснат (bg) (otpusnat)
Estonian: lõtv
Finnish: veltto (fi)
French: flasque (fr)
German: schlaff (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: πλαδαρός (pladarós)
Hindi: शिथिल (hi) (śithil), ढीला (hi) (ḍhīlā), पिलपिला (hi) (pilpilā), थुलथुल (thulthul)
Hungarian: petyhüdt (hu), ernyedt (hu)
Italian: moscio (it) m, flaccido (it)
Latin: flaccidus
Māori: ngongohe, kūreherehe
Plautdietsch: schlaup, flebrich
Portuguese: flácido (pt), fofo (pt)
Russian: вя́лый (ru) (vjályj), дря́блый (ru) (drjáblyj)
Spanish: flácido (es), fláccido (es)
Swedish: sladdrig (sv)
Ukrainian: в'ялий (uk) m (vʺjalyj), звислий m (zvyslyj)

soft, floppy — see also soft,‎ floppy

Bikol:
Central Bikol: luntoy
Bulgarian: мек (bg) (mek)
Dutch: slap (nl), slobberig (nl)
Estonian: lõtv
Finnish: veltto (fi), löysä (fi)
French: flasque (fr)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: πλαδαρός (pladarós)
Hindi: ढीला (hi) (ḍhīlā), शिथिल (hi) (śithil), कोमल (hi) (komal)
Hungarian: puha (hu)
Māori: ngongohe, whakanewa, ngore, ngorengore, tīmohea, tihō, tihōhō, pīkawikawi
Plautdietsch: schlaup, flebrich
Portuguese: mole (pt), fofo (pt)
Russian: вя́лый (ru) (vjályj)
Spanish: flácido (es), fláccido (es)
Swedish: slak (sv)
Volapük: nestifik

lacking energy or vigor

Bulgarian: безсилен (bg) (bezsilen)
Finnish: veltto (fi)
French: flasque (fr)
Hindi: शिथिल (hi) (śithil), निष्क्रिय (hi) (niṣkriya)
Hungarian: erőtlen (hu), ernyedt (hu)
Māori: ngoikore
Russian: вя́лый (ru) (vjályj)
Spanish: fláccido (es)
Swedish: slapp (sv)
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (gevşek)
Ukrainian: млявий (uk) m (mljavyj)

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Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} linur (is), ^{(please verify)} slappur (is), ^{(please verify)} máttlaus