ˈfleshē, -shi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from flesh + -y
1.
a. : marked by, characteristic of, or resembling flesh
we lived ere yet this fleshy robe we wore — S.T.Coleridge
b. : having or marked by ample or excess flesh whether merely adipose or muscular and sinewy
bold fleshy curves [of his face] had … far extended beyond the limits originally assigned them — Charles Dickens
usually : plump , corpulent , fat
a fleshy woman
c. : composed of flesh only rather than bone or sinew
he'd been shot through the fleshy part of the leg and had lost a good deal of blood — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall
2. : fleshly ; especially : sensual and libidinous
enjoying a girly show and other fleshy pleasures of life — Alan Levy
3.
a. : succulent , pulpy
soft fleshy fruits
b. : having body or substance : not thin, dry, or membranaceous
a fleshy fungus
Synonyms: see fat