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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Perhaps from flappy, from flap

flabby

 adjective
     
flab‧by informal
1 having unattractive soft loose flesh rather than strong muscles:
a flabby stomach
2 used to describe something that is weak or not effective [≠ powerful]:
intellectually flabby arguments
The band's performance was tired and flabby.
—flabbiness noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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