plushy

English

Etymology

From plush +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplʌʃi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃi
• Homophone: plushie

Adjective

plushy (comparative plushier, superlative plushiest)

1. Like plush; soft and shaggy.
2. Plush; sumptuous.
   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 101:

     one saw and felt a vanished Broadway, plains covered with cattle and cowboys, jungles and native villages, and a great shining city of hansom-cabs, political intrigue and plushy champagne-suppers, as if one were walking through them oneself in the company of a superb raconteur and inspired liar.

Derived terms

• plushily
• plushiness