plush
Use Plush in a sentence
noun
1.
a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than ⅛ inch (0.3 cm) high.
adjective
2.
expensively or showily luxurious: the plushest hotel in town
3.
abundantly rich; lush; luxuriant: plush, rolling lawns.
Origin:
1585–95; 1920–25 for def 2; < French pluche, syncopated variant of peluche ≪ Latin pilus hair
1585–95; 1920–25 for def 2; < French pluche, syncopated variant of peluche ≪ Latin pilus hair
Related forms
plushed, adjective
plush·like, adjective
plush·ly, adverb
plush·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. opulent, lavish, palatial.
2. opulent, lavish, palatial.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. a fabric with a cut pile that is longer and softer than velvet |
| b. (as modifier): a plush chair | |
| —adj | |
| 2. | informal Also: plushy lavishly appointed; rich; costly |
| [C16: from French pluche, from Old French peluchier to pluck, ultimately from Latin pilus a hair, | |
| 'plushly | |
| —adv | |
| 'plushness | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
plush
"soft fabric," 1594, from M.Fr. pluche "shag, plush," contraction of peluche "hairy fabric," from O.Fr. peluchier "to pull, to tug, to pluck" (the final process in weaving plush), from V.L. *piluccare "remove hair" (see pluck). The adj. meaning "swank, luxurious" is first
attested 1927; plushy in this sense is recorded from 1923.
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Example sentences
Trying to punish plush plans loses the unions and the rich.
The hideous and germ-laden plush or velvet curtains were gone, and leather hangings of a rich tone took their place.
The cloak is of cheap plush, and might sell for eight or nine dollars over the store-counter.
The self-operating elevator was carpeted in red plush.
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