flocculent

[flok-yuh-luhnt]

adjective

1. like a clump or tuft of wool.

2. covered with a soft, woolly substance.

3. consisting of or containing loose woolly masses.

4. flocky.

5. Chemistry.,  consisting of flocs and floccules.

flocculent

/ ˈflɒkjʊlənt /

adjective

1. like wool; fleecy

2. chem aggregated in woolly cloudlike masses

   a flocculent precipitate

3. biology covered with tufts or flakes of a waxy or wool-like substance

Other Word Forms

• flocculence noun
• flocculency noun
• flocculently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of flocculent¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; flocc(us) + -ulent

Example Sentences

They invariably come laden with words that seem meant to prove his vocabulary is bigger than yours: flocculent, crapulent, caducous, anaglypta, mephitic, velutinous.

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We pirouetted through methane bubbles and scooped up flocculent microbial samples.

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“A vast, flocculent cloud darkened and devitalized the city, mimicking the family mood like weather does in memories.”

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The EPA has been building settling ponds to catch and treat the waste water with caustic soda and flocculent, officials said.

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Randall got a head start on the others and sports an impressive flocculent dark black mane.

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