FLUFF, FLUFFY
ADJECTIVES
► FURZY fuzzy, fluffy → 1720
► OODERIE fluffy, like fluff, shaggy → 1942 Sc.
► OUTHERY fluffy, like fluff, shaggy → 1942 Sc.
NOUNS
► ANGEL a piece of fluff floating in the air → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAWN the first feathering of young birds; the hair as it first shows itself on the human face; the soft feathery hairs of some seeds; anything fluffy → 1890 Eng. dial.
► DUST-BUNNY a ball of dust and fluff, often found behind or under furniture → 1952
► GULLY-FLUFF the fluff, dirt, etc., which accumulates in the pockets → 19C colloq.
► KITTENS balls of dust under a bed or other furniture → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OODER ► OOTHER the fluff from wool, cotton, etc. when it begins to fray → 1825 Sc.
► OOSE dust, fluff → Sc.
► SHEAVE a fragment, a splinter; a bit of fluff sticking up on the surface of cloth, etc. → c1558
► SLUT’S WOOL fluff, dust, etc., left to accumulate under beds etc. through slovenly cleaning
VERBS
► FUR UP to become fluffy → 1825 obs.
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