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furzy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɜːzi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From furze + -y.

Meanings

1. Covered in furze.
2. Resembling or characteristic of furze.
   • Finally, a man approaches her — an uncommonly fat, clownish-looking man, with a bulbous nose, furzy white hair, and fearsome great eyebrows like crushed mice. 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 725:

Forms

Synonyms

gorsy