Flossy meaning

flô'sē, flŏs'ē
Stylish in a showy way.
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Of, relating to, or resembling floss.
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Of or like floss; downy; light; fluffy.
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Resembling floss.
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A female given name, diminutive of Florence.
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Superficially stylish; slick.

Wrote flossy articles about the lifestyles of the rich.

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Origin of flossy

  • floss +‎ -y
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Flossy Sentence Examples

  • spurge laurel, a species with dark flossy leaves.

  • An interesting plant that is quite widespread in the wood is spurge laurel, a species with dark flossy leaves.

  • flossy typewriter--or a burlesque actress--somebody you're fitted for, anyway!

  • - Chinese Tussur Moth, yearly and producing a soft flossy cocoon; the Chinese monthly worm, B.

  • The eria or arrindi moth of Bengal and Assam, Attacus ricini, which feeds on the castor-oil plant, yields seven generations yearly, forming loose flossy orange-red and sometimes white cocoons.

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