fuffyadj.
/ˈfʌfi/, U.S. /ˈfəfi/, Scottish English /ˈfʌfɪ/ Scottish and northern dialect.
1. Light and soft.
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mossy1561
downy1578
mosy1578
thrummy1597
cotton wool1648
cottonary1658
cottonous1664
cottony1664
tozy1706
flewsey1712
fuzzy1713
furzy1720
floscular1822
fuffy1824
fluffy1825
flossy1845
flocculent1870
furry1876
1824 in Craven Gloss.
1851 S. Judd Margaret (1871) xvii. 147 She mounted the high, white, fuffy plain [of snow].
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Fuffy, light, soft, and fraught with dust, like a fuzz-ball.
2. ‘Huffy’, ‘touchy’.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective]
stomaching1579
pepper-nosed1580
ticklish1581
touchy1602
sensible1613
touchousa1618
tender1641
tickly1661
indigestive1670
snuffy1678
huffy1680
snuffish1689
sorea1694
mifty1699
resentive1710
sensitive1735
uppish1778
miffish1790
miffy1810
stomachy1825
porcupinish1829
insultable1841
offensible1846
highty-tighty1847
prickly1853
fuffy1858
piquable1860
offendable1864
raw1864
ear-sore1865
uffish1871
porcupiny1890
feisty1896
ticklish-tempered1897
toey1930
1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 30 Nocht invites Your fuffy bardship, mair nor see His Satellites.
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adj.1824