a. Sc. and north. dial. [f. FUFF sb. + -Y1.]
1. Light and soft.
1828. Carr, Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), 169, s.v. Light, soft, spungy.
1851. S. Judd, Margaret, XVII. (1871), 144. She mounted the high, white, fuffy plain [of snow] and went on with a soft, yielding, yet light step, almost as noiseless as if she were walking on clouds.
1876. Whitby Gloss., Fuffy, light, soft, and fraught with dust, like a fuzz-ball.
2. Huffy, touchy.
1858. M. Porteous, Souter Johnny, 30. Nocht invites Your fuffy bardship, mair nor see His Satellites.