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Word entry · 6 letters

fleshy

Best crossword clue

"Thick and soft"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈflɛʃi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted efhlsyStarts with FEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

Word origin

From Middle English fleisshy, fleischy, fleschi, equivalent to flesh + -y. Piecewise doublet of fleischig.

Used in a sentence

  • Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.
  • [O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.
  • The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.

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