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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 softnessplay

  Familiarity information: FLACCIDITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLACCIDITY (noun)


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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