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flaccid [′flas·ədor′flak·səd] (botany) Deficient in turgor. (physiology) Soft, flabby, or relaxed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The nerve of the savage had gone, and his muscle had become a flaccid thing. But the indefinable weight the dead rabbits had left on her mind caused her to feel more than usual pity for the career of this weak young man, particularly when she looked at the picture where he leaned against a tree with a flaccid appearance, his knee-breeches unbuttoned and his wig awry, while the swine apparently of some foreign breed, seemed to insult him by their good spirits over their feast of husks. Its outer covering was becoming flaccid, and floated loosely in the air, and the folds of the silk rustled and grated on each other. |
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