Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A very small piece of plush material such as lint. · 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. · A soldier with the rank of private.
Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals. · Vague or imprecise. · Not clear; unfocused. · Warm and comforting; affectionate.
Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”).
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