furzy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

furze +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

furzy (comparative more furzy, superlative most furzy)

  1. Covered in furze.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of furze.
    • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 725:
      Finally, a man approaches her — an uncommonly fat, clownish-looking man, with a bulbous nose, furzy white hair, and fearsome great eyebrows like crushed mice.

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