flaccid
/fˈlæksɪd/FLAK-sid
/fˈlæksɪd/FLAK-sid
Meaningflabby
Common meaning: soft and limp
- flaccflabby, droopingLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 754 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
Journey through time
- Latinflaccus, -a, -um‘flabby, drooping’
- Frenchjlaccide
- Englishflaccid‘soft and limp’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin flaccus ‘flabby, drooping’.
Roots
- flaccus, -a, -um Latin “flabby, drooping”
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