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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.
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Plush
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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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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
EXPAND attested 1927; plushy in this sense is recorded from 1923.
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