"fluffery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flufferies [plural]
Etymology: From fluff + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fluff|ery}} fluff + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fluffery (countable and uncountable, plural flufferies)
  1. Anything lightweight and overly ornamental or superfluous; fluff; froth. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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