flaccidity

American  

[fla-sid-i-tee, flak-] / flæˈsɪd ɪ ti, flæk- /

Sometimes flaccidness

noun

1. the state or condition of being soft and limp; flabbiness or lack of firmness.

   This therapy also tightens the skin by helping to reduce flaccidity, lift sagging tissues, and restore skin tone and structure.

2. lack of strength or force; weakness.

   Assuring other nations that the United States will exercise its power responsibly, sparingly, virtuously, and in accordance with international norms is not a sign of moral flaccidity.

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Etymology

Origin of flaccidity

flaccid ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )

Example Sentences

Evaluating the parlous flaccidity of our schools, James Traub thinks we’re in big trouble—but he also finds reason for hope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The lack of muscle tone, known as hypotonicity or flaccidity, may indicate that the LMN is not conducting action potentials that will keep a basal level of acetylcholine in the neuromuscular junction.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

If former plumpness have left the previously-filled cellular tissue and expanded integuments enfeebled; because, that constitutes flaccidity.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander

Broken through the upper part of the stem, the listless flower drooped its petals towards the earth, and seemed to mourn their chastity, already sullied by the wan flaccidity of decay.

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard

What gives him that flaccidity, that pallor of the cheeks where the skin was once as tight as a drum and bursting with the good sound health of a man without a care?

From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

Related Words

• elasticity
• resilience