Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLAB'BY, a. [W. llib, a soft, lank, limber state; llibin, flaccid, lank; llipa, flaccid, lank, flapping; llipâu, to become flabby, to droop; llipanu, to make glib or smooth. Flabby, flap, and glib, appear to be from the same root.]

Soft; yielding to the touch and easily moved or shaken; easily bent; hanging loose by its own weight; as, flabby flesh. Swift.