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is the site of Word a Day. This week's theme is "textile words" -- specifically, ways they are used other than to describe fabric. Yesterday was "tweed" and today is "flannel."Nann
Textile words
May 19, 2009
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PRONUNCIATION: (PLUSH-ee)
MEANING: adjective:
- Characterized by luxury, extravagance, or ease.
- Or or related to plush: soft and shaggy.
ETYMOLOGY: From plush, a fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or wool, having a long pile. From French pluche, a variant of peluche, from Latin pilus (hair).
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