Adjective

(en-adj)

Of, related to, or resembling flesh.

* 1850 , , David Copperfield , ch. 7:

Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.

* 1901 , , The First Men in the Moon , ch. 8:

[O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.

(of a person) Having considerable flesh.

* 1894 , , The Prisoner of Zenda , ch. 3:

The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.

* 1908 , , "The Heathen":

He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.

* 2009 , Lisa Abend, " Google Earth Takes On the Prado's Masterworks," Time , 15 Jan.:

It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin.

Adjective

(er)

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh .

* {{quote-journal

, date = 1867-12-28 , title = External Manual Pressure during Labour , first = John , last = Wades , journal = The British Medical Journal , volume = 2 , page = 601 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=RxRAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA601&dq=flabby , passage = My attention was accidentally drawn to this aid, some five or six years ago, while attending a lady (multipara) in her confinement, who suffered from umbilical hernia, with large flabby abdomen. }}

(of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.

overwrought.

a flabby sheaf on a paracompact space