plush

plush
plushed, adj.plushlike, adj.plushly, adv.plushness, n.
/plush/, n., adj., plusher, plushest.
n.
1. a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than 1/8 inch (0.3 cm) high.
adj.
2. expensively or showily luxurious: the plushest hotel in town
3. abundantly rich; lush; luxuriant: plush, rolling lawns.
[1585-95; 1920-25 for def. 2; < F pluche, syncopated var. of peluche L pilus hair]
Syn. 2. opulent, lavish, palatial.

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  • Plush — Plush, n. [F. pluche, peluche (cf. It. peluzzo), fr. L. pilus hair. See {pile} hair, and cf. {Peruke}.] A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • plush — [adj] luxurious, rich costly, deluxe, elegant, lavish, luscious, lush, luxury, opulent, palatial, ritzy, silken, sumptuous; concepts 334,589 Ant. barren, destitute, poor …   New thesaurus

  • plush — ► NOUN ▪ a rich fabric of silk, cotton, or wool, with a long, soft nap. ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ expensively luxurious. DERIVATIVES plushy adjective. ORIGIN obsolete French pluche, from Latin pilus hair …   English terms dictionary

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