flaccid

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈflæsɪd/ UK /ˈflæksɪd/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
soft and limp; lacking firmness or vigor

The unwatered plant drooped, its leaves gone flaccid.

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1 adj · soft and limp; lacking... limp flabby drooping soft slack feeble weakfloppy

Opposites

firm stiff rigid taut vigorous

Word family

Derived forms flaccidityflaccidlyflaccidness

Related forms flaccidity

Etymology

From Latin flaccidus ('flabby, drooping'), from flaccus ('flabby, flap-eared').

flaccidus Latin flaccus Latin

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# flaccid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈflæsɪd
**IPA (UK):** ˈflæksɪd

## Meanings
1. soft and limp; lacking firmness or vigor

## Examples
- The unwatered plant drooped, its leaves gone flaccid.

## Synonyms
- limp
- flabby
- drooping
- soft
- slack
- feeble
- weak
- floppy

## Antonyms
- firm
- stiff
- rigid
- taut
- vigorous

## Derived Forms
- flaccidity
- flaccidly
- flaccidness

## Related Forms
- flaccidity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: flaccidus
- Root: flaccus

## Etymology
From Latin flaccidus ('flabby, drooping'), from flaccus ('flabby, flap-eared').

## AI Etymology
Flaccid comes from Latin flaccidus ('flabby, drooping'), from flaccus ('flabby, flap-eared'). The etymological trail includes Latin flaccidus and Latin flaccus. As an adjective, flaccid describes what is soft and limp; lacking firmness or vigor. The same family is visible in derived forms such as flaccidity, flaccidly, and flaccidness and related forms such as flaccidity.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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