fleecy
/ˈfliːsi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.80 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or covered in fleece.
Example Sentences
- "Her path was on the briny deep; Yet no white sail propell'd her course, Nor measured oar with graceful sweep Urged her to stem the billow's force; Self-moved, with fleecy track she past, Disdaining in her pride To woo the breeze or shun the blast, Or wait the rolling tide;..."
- "{...} turning to take a last glance into the valley, whence a light mist mounted and formed a fleecy cloud on the skirts of the blue."
- "So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams."
- "Here the galley paused not at all, but floated easily in the blue of the sky among fleecy clouds tinted with rose."
Etymology
Etymology tree English fleece Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fleecy From fleece + -y.