flaccid

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FLAC'CID, adjective [Latin flaccidus, from flacceo, to hand down, to flag.] Soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; hanging down by its own weight; yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; as a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.
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