Meaning

noun filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

noun uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

noun a hazy or indistinct representation

originUncertain. Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source; compare Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”), Dutch voos (“unsound; rotten”). Others, such as Webster's New College Dictionary, suggest a back-formation from fuzzy. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests, “Perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.”

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