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fuzz⋅y

  [fuhz-ee]
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–adjective, fuzz⋅i⋅er, fuzz⋅i⋅est.
1. of the nature of or resembling fuzz: a soft, fuzzy material.
2. covered with fuzz: a plant with broad, fuzzy leaves.
3. indistinct; blurred: A fuzzy photograph usually means you jiggled the camera.
4. muddleheaded or incoherent: a fuzzy thinker; to become fuzzy after one drink.
Origin:
1590–1600; fuzz 1 + -y 1

Related forms:
fuzz⋅i⋅ly, adverb
fuzz⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. hazy, vague, unclear, foggy.
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fuzz·y   (fŭz'ē)   
adj.   fuzz·i·er, fuzz·i·est
  1. Covered with fuzz.
  2. Of or resembling fuzz.
  3. Not clear; indistinct: a fuzzy recollection of past events.
  4. Not coherent; confused: a fuzzy plan of action.

[Perhaps from Low German fussig, spongy; see p- in Indo-European roots.]
fuzz'i·ly adv., fuzz'i·ness n.
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Fuzzy

Fuzz"y\, a. [See Fuzz, n.]

1. Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also fozy.] [Prov. Eng.]

2. Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : fuzzy
Spanish: velloso, con pelusilla; rizado, crespo,
German: flaumig,
Japanese: けば立った
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