FURRY
What does "FURRY" mean?
Covered with fur or resembling fur in softness and texture.
Meanings
- Covered with or made of fur. A furry kitten curled up on the warm windowsill.
- Soft and fuzzy to the touch, like fur. The peach had a furry skin she didn't like to bite through.
- Coated with a soft fuzzy layer, often unpleasantly, as on a neglected surface. After the flu he woke with a furry tongue and a pounding head. informal
Word origin
From 'fur' (from Old French 'forrer', to line or sheathe, from a Germanic root meaning a sheath or covering) plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
Remember it
FURRY doubles the R - two R's for the two layers of a thick winter coat.
A little poem
Cold morning, soft weight-
the cat folds into a shape
the lap had been missing.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my cat she was getting furrier. She just stared - apparently 'more fur' was not a compliment she'd requested.
What it teaches
Softness is a covering, not the whole animal underneath it.
Quick facts
What does FURRY mean?
Covered with fur or resembling fur in softness and texture.
Is FURRY a valid word?
Yes — FURRY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FURRY?
FURRY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FURRY come from?
From 'fur' (from Old French 'forrer', to line or sheathe, from a Germanic root meaning a sheath or covering) plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
What can FURRY teach us?
Softness is a covering, not the whole animal underneath it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.