fleshy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈflɛʃi/
Definition of fleshy
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
“Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.”
“[O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.”
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adj
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Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
“Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.”
“[O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.”
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Having considerable flesh; plump.
“The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.”
“He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.”
“It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin.”
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Rich and smooth, with significant body or texture.
“a fleshy wine”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English fleisshy, fleischy, fleschi, equivalent to flesh + -y. Piecewise doublet of fleischig.
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