PLUSH

n. & adj.

--n. cloth of silk or cotton etc., with a long soft nap.

--adj.

1. made of plush.

2 plushy.

Derivatives:

plushly adv. plushness n.

Etymology: obs. F pluche contr. f. peluche f. OF peluchier f. It. peluzzo dimin. of pelo f. L pilus hair