flaccidity
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9.6
- noun
- /fləˈsɪdəti/
:
flacidez
- Fluffiness, daffiness, intellectual flaccidity, or a somehow smug-seeming naivete.
Examples
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In the past, it was the responsibility of the shoemaker to anticipate these changes by noting such things as the flaccidity of the foot and other properties, and to modify the cast or commercial shoe last accordingly.
Academic text (1991) -
In truth, there was some flaccidity in the legs.
Fiction book (1991) -
His flesh no longer had the flaccidity of the dead.
Fiction book (1992) -
Your ilk conveniently ignore the reality of why these people are killed in your intellectual flaccidity.
Blog text (10) -
When Sueling Quong worked under the memo disk, her scalpels went exactly where she wanted them; she could read every sign of color, flaccidity, or size of every organ like words on a printed page; the location of every blood vessel was clear.
Fiction book (1991) -
The flaccidity of the flower petals suggested they needed more water.
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After sitting in the sun too long, the fruit showed signs of flaccidity.
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The physical therapist noted the patient's flaccidity during the assessment.
Synonyms
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4.1
Lack of firmness or strength that makes something hang down
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5.0
Soft, loose parts of the body or muscles that are not firm
Antonyms
How Firm
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flaccidity comes from flaccid (from Latin flaccidus), which means 'soft' or 'limp' and is the same idea behind the common word flabby. Think of a wet towel that hangs without shape, so flaccidity means a lack of firmness or flabbiness.