Etymology

flocculent

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Today it means: Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly. Full definition →

Latin floccus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfloccus“flock of wool”
  2. English todayflocculent

From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”).

Words from the same roots

Latinfloccus all →

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