Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: future – fuzzy
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future, adj. [OFr.]
Coming; subsequent; expected; that will be; succeeding the present.
future (-s), n. [OFr. and Fr. < L. futūrus, from esse, to be.]
- Hereafter; later being; expected existence; time to come; [personification] newly evolving self.
- End; fate; destiny; destination; terminus.
- Upcoming season; cyclical state of being; [fig.] inheritance; residence; familiar dwelling place.
fuzz, n. [perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.]
- Blur; haze; cloud which obstructs one's vision; [fig.] obscurity; puzzle; muddle; mental confusion.
- Fiber; small particles; [fig.] pollen; plant nectar; [metonymy] fields of flowers.
fuzzy, adj. [see fuzz, n.]
Hairy; fluffy; shaggy; downy; fiber-like; having a tufted pelt; covered with small, soft, irregular particles.