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FLACCIDITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flaccidity mean?
• FLACCIDITY (noun)
The noun FLACCIDITY has 1 sense:
1. a flabby softness
Familiarity information: FLACCIDITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flabby softness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
flabbiness; flaccidity; limpness
Hypernyms ("flaccidity" is a kind of...):
softness (the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded)
Derivation:
flaccid (out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance)
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