fleshy

[ flesh-ee ]

adjective

, flesh·i·er, flesh·i·est.

1. having much flesh; plump; fat.
2. consisting of or resembling flesh.
3. Botany. consisting of fleshlike substance; pulpy, as a fruit; thick and tender, as a succulent leaf.

fleshy

/ ˈflɛʃɪ /

adjective

1. fat; plump
2. related to or resembling flesh
3. botany (of some fruits, leaves, etc) thick and pulpy

Derived Forms

• ˈfleshiness, noun

Other Words From

• fleshi·ly adjective
• fleshi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleshy¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; flesh, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Fertile figs, like the ones we eat, are distinct because of their unique fleshy, hollow receptacle with an inner surface laced with tiny flowers or fruitlets.

From Nautilus

This means they don’t have a substantial fleshy layer, helping them dry out well.

From Popular-Science

Now, in her arms, she’s got this little fleshy meal for any carnivore, and she needs to go find food for herself in an environment littered with predators.

From Nautilus

The iGhetti, as they are known, resemble “stalks of fleshy, weak rhubarb” when visible.

From MIT Technology Review

It’s riper and fleshier than most Virginia viogniers, with more juicy peach flavors than the jasmine and honeysuckle our local wines showcase.

From Washington Post

Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.

From The Daily Beast

There were also the fleshy remains of the seniors who migrated to Florida from all points north.

From The Daily Beast

Over his thinning dark hair and fleshy cheeks, he pulls a brown ski mask.

From The Daily Beast

He had a pleasantly jowly face, punctuated by a brushy mustache under his fleshy nose, his pants always fastened to suspenders.

From The Daily Beast

There may well have been images of fleshy, innocent children, too.

From The Daily Beast

After another solemn inspection of Aristide, he stuck a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his fleshy nose and perused the documents.

From Project Gutenberg

The fleshy woman climbed into the tonneau and held the still shrieking girl.

From Project Gutenberg

He had a roundish face, a little fleshy under the chin, a soft-lipped mouth that from habit he held slightly pursed, muddy eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

A fleshy girl who was near the group but not of it, had been viewing this lovely landscape with pleasure.

From Project Gutenberg

Ruth had come to the foot of the steps now with Helen and the fleshy girl, whom the chums had hailed gladly as "Jennie Stone."

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• beefy
• corpulent
• meaty
• plump
• pudgy
• stout