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Fluffy

 [fluhf-ee]   Origin

fluff·y

   [fluhf-ee]
adjective, fluff·i·er, fluff·i·est.
1.
of, resembling, or covered with fluff.
2.
light or airy: a fluffy cake.
3.
having little or no intellectual weight; superficial or frivolous: fluffy thinking.
Origin:
1815–25; fluff + -y1

Related forms
fluff·i·ly, adverb
fluff·i·ness, noun
un·fluff·y, adjective
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fluffy (ˈflʌfɪ)
 
—adj , fluffier, fluffiest
1.  of, resembling, or covered with fluff
2.  soft and light: fluffy hair
3.  a.  sentimental or overromantic; not very intelligent
 b.  characterized by nonviolent methods: fluffy environmentalist protestors
 
'fluffily
 
—adv
 
'fluffiness
 
—n

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fluffy
1825, from fluff + -y (2). Related: Fluffiness.
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