flaccid
flaccid
Definition
flac·cid (flak′sid; often flas′id)
adjective
- hanging in loose folds or wrinkles; soft and limp; flabby flaccid muscles
- lacking force; weak; feeble
Etymology: L flaccidus < flaccus, flabby
flac·cid′·ity noun
flac′·cidly adverb
flaccid
Synonyms
flaccid
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- paralysis: People with SCI whose spinal reflexes are not functioning are said to have flaccid paralysis.
- state: At macroscopic level: An increase in the total length of the penis in the erectile and flaccid state.
- length: I could not believe my eyes after about a week of using the product because my flaccid length only grew a tremendous amount.
- flag: By contrast Wynter's paintings seem like lazy hippy doodles, hanging limp like flaccid flags.
- comedy: There was Suzie Gold ( Dir: Richard Cantor ) last year, but this flaccid comedy didn't feel like the real thing.
- muscle: There was no tone in the flaccid muscles; the jowl sagged.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Without cGMP present, the blood vessels tighten again, blood is forced out of the penis and the erection becomes flaccid.
Browse dictionary entries near flaccid
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- Fla
- fl oz
- fléchette
- flèche
- flaccidity
- flack
- flacon
- flacourtia
- flag
- Flag Day
- flag of convenience
- flag of truce
- flag officer
- flag stop
