flabby

[ flab-ee ]
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adjective,flab·bi·er, flab·bi·est.
  1. hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid.

  2. having such flesh.

  1. lacking strength or determination.

Origin of flabby

1
1690–1700; apparently expressive alteration of earlier flappy, with same sense; see flap, -y1; compare late Middle English flabband (attested once), evidently with sense “flapping”

Other words from flabby

  • flab·bi·ly, adverb
  • flab·bi·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for flabby

flabby

/ (ˈflæbɪ) /


adjective-bier or -biest
  1. lacking firmness; loose or yielding: flabby muscles

  2. having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight

  1. lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual

Origin of flabby

1
C17: alteration of flappy, from flap + -y 1; compare Dutch flabbe drooping lip

Derived forms of flabby

  • flabbily, adverb
  • flabbiness, noun

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