fleecy
pronunciation
How to pronounce fleecy in British English:
UK [ˈfli:si]
How to pronounce fleecy in American English:
US [ˈflisi]
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- Adjective:
- (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
Word Origin
- fleecy (adj.)
- 1560s, "woolly," from fleece (n.) + -y (2). From 1630s as "resembling fleece" in any sense (originally by Milton, of clouds).
Example
- 1. Most often they throw fleecy pillows that I can flip away ; no problem .
- 2. A nylon tracksuit with a fleecy lining .
- 3. The children 's boots have a fleecy lining .
- 4. The young woman in the yard was plaiting a mat , seated on the long stretch of it already accomplished where she seemed enthroned on virgin snow or on a fleecy cloud .