ˈfluffiness
[f. fluffy a. + -ness.]
The quality of being fluffy, in various senses.
| 1860 Dickens Uncomm. Trav. vi, An air of mingled fluffiness and heeltaps. 1879 Sala Paris herself again (1880) II. x. 145 The old beaver hat, remarkable..for..its fluffiness of texture. 1886 Fun 4 Aug. 44/2 A..clerical-looking young man, charged with fluffiness in a public conveyance, said he was sober as a judge when taken into custody. 1893 Farmer Slang, Fluffiness 2 (theatrical), the trick, or habit, of forgetting words. |