plush

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /plʌʃ/ UK /plʌʃ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like plus /s/ vs /ʃ/

Meanings

1

adj
luxurious and expensive; a soft fabric with a long pile

They stayed in a plush hotel overlooking the harbor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · luxurious and expensive; a... luxurious opulent sumptuous lavish posh lush deluxeritzy

Opposites

spartan shabby austere modest

Word family

Forms plushy

Derived forms plushlyplushnessplushy

Related forms plushy

Etymology

From French pluche, a contraction of peluche ('shaggy fabric'), from Old French peluchier ('to pluck'), from Latin pilus ('hair'). The 'luxurious' sense extends from the soft, rich fabric.

peluche French pilus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# plush

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /plʌʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /plʌʃ/

## Meanings
1. luxurious and expensive; a soft fabric with a long pile

## Examples
- They stayed in a plush hotel overlooking the harbor.

## Synonyms
- luxurious
- opulent
- sumptuous
- lavish
- posh
- lush
- deluxe
- ritzy

## Antonyms
- spartan
- shabby
- austere
- modest

## Derived Forms
- plushly
- plushness
- plushy

## Related Forms
- plushy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: peluche
- Root: pilus

## Etymology
From French pluche, a contraction of peluche ('shaggy fabric'), from Old French peluchier ('to pluck'), from Latin pilus ('hair'). The 'luxurious' sense extends from the soft, rich fabric.

## AI Etymology
Plush is from French pluche, a contraction of peluche ('shaggy fabric'), from Old French peluchier ('to pluck'), from Latin pilus ('hair'). The 'luxurious' sense extends from the soft, rich fabric. Important recorded forms include peluche (French) and pilus (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers luxurious and expensive; a soft fabric with a long pile. The wider family includes derived forms such as plushly, plushness, and plushy and related words such as plushy.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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