| 单词 | flocculent |
| 释义 | flocculent (once / 65301 pages) adj If something's puffy or has tufts, you can describe it as flocculent. Sheep are flocculent before they're sheared, and much less flocculent afterward. The unusual adjective flocculent basically means "fluffy," although it's specific to the way wool is fluffy — in tufts. Your carefully styled hair might be flocculent after a drive in a convertible, for example. The root is the Latin word floccus, which means "lock of hair" or "tuft of wool." WORD FAMILYflocculent: flocculently USAGE EXAMPLESThe EPA has been building settling ponds to catch and treat the waste water with caustic soda and flocculent, officials said. Reuters(Aug 08, 2015) Randall got a head start on the others and sports an impressive flocculent dark black mane. Reuters(Feb 20, 2014) In all these cases tiny flocculent masses of hot and cold air, of slightly differing refrangibility, are mingled together. Mach, Ernst, Popular scientific lectures(2012) adj having a fluffy character or appearance Syn woolly, wooly soft yielding readily to pressure or weight |
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