Flaccidness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     -- {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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