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pillowy, a.|ˈpɪləʊɪ|
[f. pillow n. + -y.]
Having the quality of, or resembling, a pillow; soft; yielding. Also fig.
1798W. Sotheby tr. Wieland's Oberon (1826) I. 181 Soft on the pillowy moss he seats his bride. 1805–6Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iii. 99 From these I turned to travel with the shoal Of more unthinking natures, easy minds And pillowy. 1821Southey Vis. Judgem. i. 12 The clouds had gather'd above them High in the middle air, huge, purple, pillowy masses. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxiv. 88 Pure from a maiden's couch, from a mother's pillowy bosom. |