See Also: tempting(1)(dictionary)
tempting(2)(dictionary)
tempting(dictionary)
Tempting Apple Trifles(recipes)
Tempting Tuna Parmesano(recipes)

flaccid (iou) and tempting(2) (iou)


flaccid (iou)



flaccid adjective. E17.
[French flaccide or Latin flaccidus, from flaccus flabby: see -ID1.]
1. Of flesh etc.: lacking stiffness, hanging or lying loose or in wrinkles, flabby, limp. E17.
H. Williamson Further exercises brought the aching flaccid muscles back into tension.
b. Botany. Bending without elasticity; relaxed from lack of moisture, drooping. E17.
2. Of an immaterial thing: lacking vigour, feeble. M17.
F. W. Farrar His resolutions have been feeble, and his purposes flaccid. R. C. Hutchinson The flaccid voice of one whose reserves are long overdrawn.
flaccidity noun L17.
flaccidly adverb M19.
flaccidness noun E18.

tempting(2) (iou)



tempting verbal noun. ME.
[from TEMPT verb + -ING1.]
The action of TEMPT verb; an instance of this.