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Definition of plush - 2 dictionary results

plush

[pluhsh] noun, adjective, -er, -est.
–noun
1. a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than 1/8 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; < F pluche, syncopated var. of peluche ≪ L pilus hair


plushed, adjective
plushlike, adjective
plushly, adverb
plushness, noun


2. opulent, lavish, palatial.
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plush   (plŭsh)   
n.  A fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or other material, having a thick deep pile.
adj.   plush·er, plush·est
  1. Made of or covered with plush.

  2. Luxurious.


[French pluche, variant of peluche, from pelucher, to become fluffy, shed, from Old French peluchier, to pluck, probably from Vulgar Latin *piluccāre; see pluck.]
plush'ly adv., plush'ness n.
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