Flaccid – Soft and limp; not firm

(Pronounced flas-id)

To remember the definition of the word flaccid, use the following mnemonic:

She drank a flask of gin rapidly (flaccid) and her body became soft and limp. She could not stand firm at all.

Examples of flaccid in a sentence

Her sedentary life had left her with flaccid muscles.

The carrot had been in the fridge for weeks and had gone completely flaccid.

He picked up her wrist, it was limp and flaccid, she had died quite recently.