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Definition of Flabby
1. Adjective. Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance. "Flaccid cheeks"
Similar to: Unfit
Derivative terms: Flab, Flabbiness, Flaccidity, Softness
Definition of Flabby
1. a. Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.
Definition of Flabby
1. Adjective. Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, ''flabby flesh''. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of writing, etc.) Turgid or overwrought. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flabby
1. flaccid [adj -BIER, -BIEST] : FLABBILY [adv] - See also: flaccid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flabby
Literary usage of Flabby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Fat, flabby cheeks, like whale's blubber. "The blubber checks of my friend the
baronet." Bluchers. Half boots ; во called after Field-Marshal von Blücher ..."
2. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1893)
"(M, K.) _ Also, the former, A stupid, and flabby, or flaccid, man. (K.) — Also,
a man in whom is no good. (K.) _ Also, A great valley. ..."
3. The War Book of the German General Staff, Being "The Usages of War on Land by John Hartmann Morgan (1915)
"Consequently the usage of war is even now the only The - flabby means 01 regulating
the relations of belligerent ..."
4. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1906)
"WEAK HEART: CONGENITALLY SMALL HEART; flabby HEART MUSCLE IT is a well known
clinical fact that some individuals have a small heart; thus, most people with ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"The liver somewhat more voluminous than natural, ils tissue rather flabby and
yielding ; the spleen in much the same state. Gravelly matter was found in the ..."
6. The American Gynaecological and Obstetrical Journal (1901)
"flabby and yielding, so that opposing fingers are felt through an empty bag. ...
The broad-topped, flabby body, suggestive of early pregnancy. j. ..."
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