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flaccid
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Definition:Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle;Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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whether one is to be as strong and virile as the open-mouthed carp in a swift wind, or as flaccid as they when there is no wind. The gods were kind and sent a propitious day.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
John Luther Long. The Way of the Gods (1906)
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"We'll drink her health," said I.
"Ah!" cried Mr. Pumblechook, leaning back in his chair, quite flaccid with admiration, "that's the way you know 'em, sir!"
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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Grasping the child through the momentarily flaccid walls of the womb, she heaved, trying to turn it.
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The two young lieutenants nodded lumpishly and gaped at each other in stunned and flaccid reluctance, each waiting for the other to initiatate the procedure of taking Major Danby outside and shooting him. Neither had ever taken Major Danby outside and shot him before.
Joseph Heller. Catch-22, p.222 (1961)
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