fluffy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈflʌfi/
Etymology
From fluff + -y. Compare German flauschig (“fluffy”).
Meanings
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Covered with fluff.
Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.
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Light; soft; airy.
I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.
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(colloquial) Warm and comforting.
Being in love with my boyfriend gives me a fluffy feeling inside.
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(colloquial) Not clearly defined or explained; fuzzy.
Someone sold you the fluffy idea that brains triumphs^([sic]) over strength when you were picked last for the sports team.
2008, R.Safley, Reagan's Game:
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Lightweight; superficial; lacking depth or seriousness.
And she is represented reading with great concentration, and not some fluffy novel but the rather politically oriented and literary Le Figaro, its title prominent if upside down in the foreground.
2006, Linda Nochlin, Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye, page 271:There was, I think, always a fluffy element to the neo-Pagan movement, but since the Internet explosion of the mid-to-late 1990s, it's got much, much worse. Most of it can be blamed on commercial drivers, as the publishers who produced neo-Pagan material (and the authors who work for them) realised that there was a vast market for teen-witch kits, bogus grimoires, etc, and set out to exploit it […]
2006, Pyromancer, “Re: The nature of the pagan community”, in uk.religion.pagan (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fluffier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| fluffiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fluffy duck · nonfluffy · let fluffy off the chain · fluffily · fluffy-backed tit-babbler · floofy · foofy · unfluffy · box of fluffy ducks
Hyponyms
Relateds
fluffiness · fruffy · fluff
Synonyms
Translations (79)
fi lämpöinen (warm and comforting) · is akkloðinn (covered with fluff) · fi pehmeä (covered with fluff) · de flauschig (warm and comforting) · tr tüylü (covered with fluff) · ja ほっこり (warm and comforting) · mi perehunga (covered with fluff) · cmn 蓬鬆 /蓬松 (covered with fluff) · cmn 溫暖 /温暖 (warm and comforting) · de luftig (light; soft; airy) · cmn 蓬鬆 /蓬松 (light; soft; airy) · gl espelido (light; soft; airy) · hi गुदगुदा (light; soft; airy) · lv pūkains (covered with fluff) · th ปุกปุย (covered with fluff) · sv lätt (light; soft; airy) · uk пухна́стий (covered with fluff) · pt fofo (covered with fluff) · th ขนปุย (covered with fluff) · ca mollenc (light; soft; airy) · th ละมุนละม่อม (warm and comforting) · pt fofa (covered with fluff) · fa پشمالو (covered with fluff) · is dúnloðinn (covered with fluff) · tr pofidik (warm and comforting) · eo lanuga (covered with fluff) · tr pofuduk (light; soft; airy) · is lubbaður (covered with fluff) · de flauschig (covered with fluff) · sv fluffig (light; soft; airy) · pt felpudo (covered with fluff) · id embul (covered with fluff) · gl esponxoso (covered with fluff) · th ปุย (covered with fluff) · fi pörröinen (covered with fluff) · id menul (light; soft; airy) · sv luftig (light; soft; airy) · bg пухкав (covered with fluff) · nrf pliutcheux (covered with fluff) · pt macio (light; soft; airy) · ca mollenc (warm and comforting) · es mullido (light; soft; airy) · cmn 毛茸茸 (covered with fluff) · nrf pliutcheux (light; soft; airy) · ru пуши́стый (light; soft; airy) · bg мъхнат (covered with fluff) · id hangat (warm and comforting) · hu bolyhos (covered with fluff) · th อบอุ่น (warm and comforting) · ga clúmhach (covered with fluff) · tr pofuduk (warm and comforting) · ja ふわふわした (covered with fluff) · fr touffu (covered with fluff) · pl puchaty (covered with fluff) · fr pelucheux (light; soft; airy) · bg пухкав (light; soft; airy) · th ละมุนละไม (warm and comforting) · fi kuohkea (light; soft; airy) · hi गुदगुदा (covered with fluff) · th ฟู (light; soft; airy) · is dúnmjúkur (light; soft; airy) · ja ふかふかした (light; soft; airy) · sv fluffig (covered with fluff) · fi pöyheä (covered with fluff) · ca suau (covered with fluff) · mk вла́сест (covered with fluff) · fi ilmava (light; soft; airy) · ru пуши́стый (covered with fluff) · izh villakas (covered with fluff) · ja ふかふかした (covered with fluff) · fr pelucheux (covered with fluff) · is dúnkenndur (light; soft; airy) · ru ворси́стый (covered with fluff) · uk пухна́стий (light; soft; airy) · lv pūkains (light; soft; airy) · de fluffig (light; soft; airy) · nl pluizig (covered with fluff) · tr yumuşacık (light; soft; airy) · pl puszysty (light; soft; airy)