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Definition: flaccidness
flaccid
\flac"cid\ (fl[a^]k"s[i^]d or fl[a^]s"s[i^]d), a. [L.
flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.]
Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft
and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid
muscle; flaccid flesh.
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Religious profession . . . has become flacced. --I.
Taylor.
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flac"cid*ly (fl[a^]k"s[i^]d*l[y^] or
fl[a^]s"s[i^]d*l[y^]), adv. --
flac"cid*ness, n.
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