fluff
English
/flʌf/
noun
Definitions
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (New England) marshmallow Marshmallow creme.
- (LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
- (Australia) A fart.
Etymology
Derived from West Flemish vluwe derived from French velu (furry, hairy) derived from Latin villus (hair, shaggy hair, tuft of hair, down, tuft, woolly hair).
Origin
Latin
villus
Gloss
hair, shaggy hair, tuft of hair, down, tuft, woolly hair
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
髪
Emoji
👱 👱♀️ 👱♂️ 🦳
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -er English
- Local Fluff English
- autofluff English
- ball English
- bum English
- bumfluff English
- duck English
- duckfluff English
- fluffball English
- fluffer English
- fluffernutter English
- fluffery English
- fluffhead English
- fluffily English
- fluffiness English
- fluffless English
- flufftail English
- fluffy English
- head English
- local English
- nonfluffy English
- nut English
- refluff English
- tail English
- unfluffy English
- villous English
- villus English
- villus Latin
- villutus Latin
- villūtus Latin
- fluffig German
- puha Hungarian
- puhafa Hungarian
- puhább Hungarian
- velluto Italian
- villo Italian
- velu French
- villosité French
- vello Spanish, Castilian
- بَلاس Arabic
- veluotte Old French
- vilo Esperanto
- bellus Maltese
- vluwe West Flemish
- villūtus LL