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flocculent

  • /ˈflɒk.jə.lənt/ UK
  • /ˈflɑk.jə.lənt/ US

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From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”).

adjective more flocculent · most flocculent

  1. Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly. As soon as night begins to spread its darkening shadows over our brief twilight, this active creature [the morepork] sets out on its hunting excursions, roaming over field and gully with soft, noiseless flight, one of the advantages it owes to its flocculent plumage; [...]
  2. Covered in a woolly substance; downy.
  3. Flaky.

noun flocculents

  1. diminutive diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy

Opposite: grand design

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noun

Opposite: grand design

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adj woolly

Русскийпуши́стый pušístyj
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"flocculent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flocculent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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flocculent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flocculent

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@misc{flocculent_2026,
  title = {flocculent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flocculent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}