flaccid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
    • a flaccid penis
  2. adjective satellite out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
    soft; flabby.
    • he was too soft for the army
    • flabby around the middle
    • flaccid cheeks

WordNet

Flac"cid adjective
Etymology
L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.
Definitions
  1. Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.
    Religious profession . . . has become flacced. I. Taylor.
    -- Flac"cid*ly adv. -- Flac"cid*ness, n.

Webster 1913