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tissuey

tissuey

7.4
Soft and flexible like skin or muscle
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɪʃuːi/
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  • Her sculpture used a tissuey fabric to mimic the look of muscle.

Examples

  • The sample was more tissuey than expected, making it difficult to cut cleanly.

  • The material felt surprisingly tissuey, almost like real skin.

  • This fabric feels tissuey.

  • Her dress had a tissuey quality that flowed beautifully.

  • The artist used a tissuey fabric to create a lifelike sculpture that resembled human skin.

  • When touched, the tissuey layer of the flower petals felt soft and delicate against my fingers.

  • The new wallpaper has a tissuey appearance, giving the room a warm and inviting feel.

Synonyms

soft and squishy
vstissuey
1 2.8

Easy to press and feels like a sponge

emphasizes resemblance to living body material rather than general softness
tissue-like
vstissuey
4.2

Having the feel and look of soft body parts like skin or muscle

is the same meaning but formed with a simple suffix
skinlike
vstissuey
3.7

A surface like skin that is thin and flexible

is broader, applying to soft body materials like muscle as well as outer layers

How Soft

supple
18 3.7
tissuey
7.4
soft
552 1.0
firm
30 1.0
stiff
127 1.7

Surface Forms

tissuey positive

Morphology

tissuey = tissue (transparent) = tissue + y

The adjective is a straightforward adjective-forming -y on 'tissue'; the meaning 'having qualities of tissue (biological)' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Tissuey comes from tissue, a word that originally came from a French word meaning 'woven' and is like the familiar word textile. Think of soft layers woven together like skin or muscle. That's why something described as tissuey feels soft, flexible, and like body tissue.