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PLUSH
lavish, lucullan, plush, plushy
(adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion; “a lavish buffet”; “a lucullan feast”
plush
(noun) a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
plush (comparative plusher, superlative plushest)
(UK) Very extravagant.
(UK) Very expensive, or appearing expensive.
(of a man-made object) Having a soft, fluffy exterior.
Noun
plush (countable and uncountable, plural plushes)
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
A plush toy.
Anagrams
• Puhls, sulph-
Source: Wiktionary
Plush, n. Etym: [F. pluche, peluche (cf. It. peluzzo), fr. L. pilus hair. See pile hair, and cf. Peruke.]
Definition: A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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