fleshy

Definition

Of, related to, or resembling flesh.

Etymology

From Middle English fleisshy, fleischy, fleschi, equivalent to flesh + -y. Piecewise doublet of fleischig.

Example Sentences

• "Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe."
• "[O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view."
• "The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced."