FLABELLUM
Fla*bel"lum, n. Etym: [L. See Flabel.] (Eccl.)
Defn: A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.
FLABILE
Flab"ile, a. Etym: [L. flabilis.]
Defn: Liable to be blown about. Bailey.
FLACCID Flac"cid, a. Etym: [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.]
Defn: 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.
FLACCIDITY
Flac*cid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flaccidité.]
Defn: The state of being flaccid.
FLACHERIE
Flache`rie" (flash`re"), n. [F.]
Defn: A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves.