An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
FLACCID
soft, flabby, flaccid
(adjective) out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; “he was too soft for the army”; “flabby around the middle”; “flaccid cheeks”
flaccid
(adjective) drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness; “a flaccid penis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
flaccid (comparative more flaccid, superlative most flaccid)
Flabby.
Soft; floppy.
Lacking energy or vigor.
Antonyms
• erect
• firm
• turgid
Source: Wiktionary
Flac"cid, a. Etym: [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.]
Definition: Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flacced. I. Taylor.
– Flac"cid*ly, adv.
– Flac"cid*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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