fleecy

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English

Etymology

fleece +‎ -y

Adjective

fleecy (comparative fleecier, superlative fleeciest)

  1. Resembling or covered in fleece.
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      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.
    • 1920, H. P. Lovecraft, Celephaïs:
      Here the galley paused not at all, but floated easily in the blue of the sky among fleecy clouds tinted with rose.