flocculent

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

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2020

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

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019

In all these cases tiny flocculent masses of hot and cold air, of slightly differing refrangibility, are mingled together.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

He also obtained a flocculent precipitate which later became granular and showed under the microscope forms like the starfish, and discs with undulated borders.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

The dura mater consists of a tough, fibrous membrane, somewhat flocculent externally, but smooth, glistening, and free on its inner surface.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various