What does flaccify mean?
Flaccify means (transitive, rare) To render flaccid..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, rare) To render flaccid..
The reverend gentleman got into his gig with a slight effort, for it was high-hung, and at fifty men are not, for the most part, so lithe as they once were, especially if good living and an orderly or rather somnolent course of existence have increased their bulk, and somewhat flaccified their muscles.
Some lead lives of sedentariness and sluggishness, sleep away their brains and flaccify their tissues, others vie with the athletes and aspire to emulate the sculpture models of the ancients, but are disappointed when it is too late.
Many who sought escape from an overly-regulated, mechanized and flaccifying homefront environment, discovered a military life that carried far more potential for repression than any previous civilian job; a conflict where elan paled in importance to battlefield technology; clashes during which the exalted male physique was often literally ripped to shreds; and artillery duels that frequently prompted the most muscilar into releasing so-called weak emotions bottled up since childhood.
Well, now there's still Duh Bone at least until Cumulus flaccifies it.
Use flaccify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flaccify means (transitive, rare) To render flaccid..
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The reverend gentleman got into his gig with a slight effort, for it was high-hung, and at fifty men are not, for the most part, so lithe as they once were, especially if good living and an orderly or rather somnolent course of existence have increased their bulk, and somewhat flaccified their muscles.
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