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fleshy

adj
/ˈflɛʃi/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from fleisshy

Definitions

  1. Of, related to, or resembling flesh.

    • 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.

  2. Having considerable flesh

    Having considerable flesh; plump.

    • The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.
    • He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.

  3. Rich and smooth, with significant body or texture.

    • a fleshy wine

The neighborhood

  • antonymbonyantonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”
  • antonymslenderantonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”
  • antonymslimantonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”

Derived

fleshily, fleshiness, fleshy lupine, overfleshy, subfleshy, unfleshy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fleshy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01fleshy02plump03wine04serving05sitting06seated07buttocks08buttock

A definitional loop anchored at fleshy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at fleshy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA