floc·cu·lent
Pronunciation: 'flä-ky&-l&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin floccus + English -ulent
1 : resembling wool especially in loose fluffy organization
2 : containing, consisting of, or occurring in the form of loosely aggregated particles or soft flakes <a flocculent precipitate>
flocculent
I wonder if there's any relation here to
mark gassed-up Bailey
Actually I really like the fluffy word better.flat·u·lence (flch-lns)
n.
1. The presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract.
2. Self-importance; pomposity.
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mark gassed-up Bailey
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kb
I was wondering if there could be any relationship between flocculent and flock... but apparently they are not.
-Timflock (n.)
O.E. flocc "a group of persons," related to O.N. flokkr "crowd, troop, band," M.L.G. vlocke "crowd, flock;" not found in other Gmc. languages, perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for O.E. Extended c.1200 to "a number of animals of one kind moving or feeding together;" of domestic animals c.1300. Transferred to bodies of Christians, in relation to Christ or their local pastor, from c.1340. The verb meaning "to gather, congregate" is from c.1300.
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Time to make like a treatment plant and get the floc out of here ...
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Nice word. But flocky-blocky doesn't have the same ring as Wooly Bully.
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