Meanings
comparative more flocculent · superlative most flocculent
- Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
As soon as night begins to spread its darkening shadows over our brief twilight, this active creature [the morepork] sets out on its hunting excursions, roaming over field and gully with soft, noiseless flight, one of the advantages it owes to its flocculent plumage; [...]
1871 May, T[homas] H[enry] Potts, “Art. XI.—On the Birds of New Zealand. … (Part II.)”, in James Hector, editor, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1870, volume III, Wellington: James Hughes, printer, […]; London: Trübner 7 Co., […], →OCLC, pages 61–62
plural flocculents
- diminutiveastronomydiminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfloccus“flock of wool”
- Englishflocculent
From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hebrew צמרירי
- צמריריwoolly
Polish wełnisty
- wełnistywoolly
Russian пуши́стый
- пуши́стый (pušístyj)woolly
Cite this entry
flocculent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flocculent
“flocculent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flocculent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flocculent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flocculent.
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