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fleshy

[ flesh-ee ]

adjective

, flesh·i·er, flesh·i·est.
  1. having much flesh; plump; fat.
  2. consisting of or resembling flesh.
  3. Botany. consisting of fleshlike substance; pulpy, as a fruit; thick and tender, as a succulent leaf.


fleshy

/ ˈflɛʃɪ /

adjective

  1. fat; plump
  2. related to or resembling flesh
  3. botany (of some fruits, leaves, etc) thick and pulpy


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Derived Forms

  • ˈfleshiness, noun

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Other Words From

  • fleshi·ly adjective
  • fleshi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fleshy1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; flesh, -y 1

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Example Sentences

Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.

There were also the fleshy remains of the seniors who migrated to Florida from all points north.

Over his thinning dark hair and fleshy cheeks, he pulls a brown ski mask.

He had a pleasantly jowly face, punctuated by a brushy mustache under his fleshy nose, his pants always fastened to suspenders.

There may well have been images of fleshy, innocent children, too.

After another solemn inspection of Aristide, he stuck a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his fleshy nose and perused the documents.

The fleshy woman climbed into the tonneau and held the still shrieking girl.

He had a roundish face, a little fleshy under the chin, a soft-lipped mouth that from habit he held slightly pursed, muddy eyes.

A fleshy girl who was near the group but not of it, had been viewing this lovely landscape with pleasure.

Ruth had come to the foot of the steps now with Helen and the fleshy girl, whom the chums had hailed gladly as "Jennie Stone."

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