fluffy

[ fluhf-ee ]

adjective

, fluff·i·er, fluff·i·est.

1. of, resembling, or covered with fluff.
2. light or airy:

   a fluffy cake.

3. having little or no intellectual weight; superficial or frivolous:

   fluffy thinking.

fluffy

/ ˈflʌfɪ /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or covered with fluff
2. soft and light

   fluffy hair

3. 1. sentimental or overromantic; not very intelligent
   2. characterized by nonviolent methods

      fluffy environmentalist protestors

Derived Forms

• ˈfluffiness, noun
• ˈfluffily, adverb

Other Words From

• fluffi·ly adverb
• fluffi·ness noun
• un·fluffy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluffy¹

First recorded in 1815–25; fluff + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The fluffy dresses and elaborate dances are about romanticizing a dehumanizing view of women, in which they are male property, whose only value is in being a sex object.

From Salon

There’s no private, residential rehab in Singapore - no mooching around in fluffy bathrobes and then retreating to your own en-suite room.

From BBC

Now scientists at UC Berkeley say they can do the same job with less than half a pound of a fluffy yellow powder.

From Los Angeles Times

“It just looked like a statue. I was like, ‘How am I going to get this on?’” the 22-year-old recalled from under a fluffy duvet in her bedroom in New York, where she now lives.

From Los Angeles Times

It seemed to spell the end for hundreds of newly-hatched fluffy chicks whose mothers, out hunting for food, may no longer have been able to reach them.

From BBC

Related Words

• creamy
• feathery
• gossamer
• silky