Flabbiest

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Lacking firmness or strength, characterized by excessive softness or looseness
2. Describing something that is excessively weak or untoned, often in reference to body structure or texture
3. Exhibiting a lack of vitality or robustness, typically indicated by a sagging or soft appearance

Etymology: "Flabbiest" is the superlative of "flabby," so it is the form that means most lacking firmness, as in the flabbiest muscles or the flabbiest argument. The base word has a physical origin: it comes from a variant of "flappy," which derives from "flap," meaning to hang loose. The sense of something that hangs or sags before it means soft and yielding is a short step from that picture. The word's relatives across the North Sea and Baltic show how old and widespread the idea is. Middle Dutch "flabbe" meant a slap in the face, a fan-blade, or a wagging tongue, while Middle Low German "flabbe" meant a gaping mouth or a chatterbox. Danish "flab" was used for the jaw or cheeks, and Swedish "flabb" for the hanging underlip of an animal. Many of these words describe loose, flapping parts of the body, which explains why the English word came to describe soft flesh.

Synonyms: softest, loosest, laziest, weakest, saggiest

Antonyms: firmest, tightest, strongest, hardest, stiffest