Flossy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flossy \Floss"y\ (?; 115), a.
     Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light;
     downy.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  flossy
       adj : like down or as soft as down [syn: {downy}, {downlike}, {fluffy}]
       [also: {flossiest}, {flossier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "flossy":
     ambitious, capillary, cirrose, cirrous, classy, downy, fancy,
     feathery, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, fleecy, fluffy,
     funicular, furry, fuzzy, gossamery, hairlike, hairy, high-flown,
     high-flying, high-toned, highfalutin, highfaluting, hirsute,
     lanate, ligamental, lofty, nappy, ostentatious, peachy, pinnate,
     pretentious, pubescent, ropy, silky, stringy, taeniate, taeniform,
     threadlike, thready, tony, vaunting, velvety, wiry, woolly