Both Uses of
flaccid
in
This Side of Paradise
- We have no Eton to create the self-consciousness of a governing class; we have, instead, clean, flaccid and innocuous preparatory schools.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- "Those poor birds who haven't a cent to tutor, and have to study during the term are the ones I pity," he announced to Amory one day, with a flaccid camaraderie in the droop of the cigarette from his pale lips.†
Chpt 1.3
Definition:
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(flaccid) lacking in firmness or strength