plushyadj.
/ˈplʌʃi/, U.S. /ˈpləʃi/ 1. Of the nature of or resembling plush; spec. soft and shaggy. Also: made of, covered in, or upholstered with plush or a similar fabric; = plush adj. 1a.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > with pile or nap > long > plush > of the nature of
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > with pile or nap > long > plush > covered or adorned with
plushy1897
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Villóso Shaggie, plushie, or hauing a high nap.
1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) i. 2 The faire, green Plushy Soyl, which Carpet seem'd With Flowers, as Heav'n with Stars enrich'd, begem'd.
1680 W. Charleton Enq. Human Nature ii. 54 This plushy lining serves to defend the coat from the injuries of solid and hard meats.
1716 W. Oliver Pract. Diss. Bath-waters 47 Dissolving and altering the vitiated Juices that are lodged in the plushy Coats of the Stomach.
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 169 The top of the stalk supports a blunt-pointed conic plushy tuft.
1849 H. Melville Redburn iv. 33 With a peculiar accent, as if he had been over-eating himself with Indian-pudding or some other plushy compound.
1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 190 The horrid plushy little room.
1947 N. Collins Dulcimer Street ii. 17 A pair of carpet slippers that had once been rich and plushy but were now bald and drab.
1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest ix. 169 The feathers on the forehead were black, short, and plushy, and stuck up straight.
1997 High Country News 3 Feb. 1/1 His coat is a plushy taupe.
2. Chiefly colloquial. Luxurious, sumptuous; = plush adj. 2.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > sumptuous
richc1275
costful1340
costious1340
costlewa1387
costlya1400
costy?c1430
sumptuous1458
opimec1540
dapatical1623
pollucible1623
opiparous1628
lautitious1648
opimous1656
superb1669
plushy1884
plush1890
Ritzian1908
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things)
delicatec1400
delicious?c1450
fleshpot1535
lascivious1589
nice1621
mollitious1629
luxurious1650
luxuriant1671
voluptuous1816
de luxe1819
plushy1884
plush1890
1884 H. W. Beecher Serm. in W. C. Beecher & S. Scoville Biogr. Rev. H. W. Beecher (1888) xxviii. 586 The lawyer forgot his brief, the artist his æsthetic dream, the merchant his bargains, the judge the plushy decorum of the bench.
1910 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Weekly Sentinel 4 May The..highly polished and plushy luxury of Pullmans and the scudding scenery of a railway trip.
1942 R. Chandler High Window (1943) iv. 34 Runs a plushy night-club and gambling joint.
1953 W. Stevens Let. 4 June (1967) 779 The picture of her in her prime was plushy, but cold.
1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird i. 7 The lawyer-trustee..took me to a nice plushy lunch at the Café Royal.
2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 9 July 15 It is holding a sale..all beautifully displayed at its plushy Pimlico premises.
Derivatives
ˈplushily adv.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adverb]
softlya1375
softc1405
luxuriously1605
plushily1916
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adverb] > sumptuously
richlyOE
sumptuouslyc1487
richestly1506
opiparously1653
superbly1656
sumptuous1721
plushily1916
plushly1951
1916 W. J. Locke Wonderful Year xiii. 183 The primly and plushily furnished salon.
1992 Independent 4 Aug. 12/1 She blends perfectly into the plushily silent corridors of Hanson's headquarters.
ˈplushiness n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > sumptuousness
magnificencea1425
costiousnessc1443
sumpt1449
sumptuousness1525
costliness1528
magnificency1538
sumptuosity1550
richness1597
sumpture?1624
opulence1650
ritziness1931
plushiness1938
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > luxurious condition
pamperednessa1618
pamperdom1847
plushiness1938
1938 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 24 Jan. 8/6 In contrast to the pontifical plushiness and glitteringly chandeliered Delmonico's and old Sherry's.
2002 Intelligencer Jrnl. (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 6 Sept. b1 Sensational costumes and flashy set design that evokes the plushiness of Vienna in the 1700s.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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