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fluey

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fluey¹

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From flue + -y.

adjective more fluey · most fluey

  1. obsolete Downy; fluffy. A black portmanteau, a black bag, a desk, a dressing-case, a brown-paper parcel, a hat-box, and an umbrella strapped to a walking-stick. It was all very dusty and fluey. I had our porter up to get under the bed and fetch it out; and though he habitually wallows in dust,--swims in it from morning to

fluey²

Where it comes from

From flu + -ey.

adjective fluier · fluiest

  1. Similar to influenza, or as if suffering from influenza. I felt fluey this morning: all bunged up, achey, dizzy and tired.

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@misc{fluey_2026,
  title = {fluey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fluey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}