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Posted by Nann on May 22, 2009, 7:34 am
PRONUNCIATION:
(PLUSH-ee)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Characterized by luxury, extravagance, or ease.
2. Or or related to plush: soft and shaggy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From plush, a fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or wool, having a long
pile. From French pluche, a variant of peluche, from Latin pilus
(hair).
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> www.wordsmith.orgis the site of Word a Day.
> This week's theme is "textile words" -- specifically, ways they are
> used other than to describe fabric.
> Yesterday was "tweed" and today is "flannel."
> Nann
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> This week's theme is "textile words" -- specifically, ways they are
> used other than to describe fabric.
> Yesterday was "tweed" and today is "flannel."
> Nann