Fluffery

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Anything lightweight and overly ornamental or superfluous; fluff; froth. countable, uncountable

    "The Valley, as it has always been known in Virginia, became the site of a relatively democratic society based on a small-farm economy, with few slaves and little aristocratic fluffery."

Example

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"The Valley, as it has always been known in Virginia, became the site of a relatively democratic society based on a small-farm economy, with few slaves and little aristocratic fluffery."

Etymology

From fluff + -ery.

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