fuzzy

Meanings

Adjective

• Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals
• Vague or imprecise.
• Not clear; unfocused.
• Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.

Noun

• A very small piece of plush material.
• Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
• A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.

Origin

• Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig.