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flaccid

English

Etymology

From Latin flaccidus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?flæks?d/, /?flæs?d/
  • Rhymes: -æks?d, -æs?d
  • Hyphenation: flac?cid

Adjective

flaccid (comparative more flaccid, superlative most flaccid)

  1. Flabby.
  2. Soft; floppy.
    • 2006, Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality, page 93:
      They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]
  3. Lacking energy or vigor.

Antonyms

  • erect
  • firm
  • turgid

Related terms

  • flaccidly

Translations

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swollen

English

Etymology

From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ?eswollen, from Old English swollen, ?eswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellan? (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sw??l?n/
  • Rhymes: -??l?n

Adjective

swollen (comparative more swollen, superlative most swollen)

  1. protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

Translations

Verb

swollen

  1. past participle of swell

See also

  • swole

Anagrams

  • Nowells, nowells

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