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The science of making clothes feel like a hug nobody asked for.
means Covered in or resembling soft, fine feathers or fluff; by extension, anything pleasantly soft and fuzzy to the touch.
from From 'down,' the soft underplumage of birds and the fluff of plants — a word English borrowed from Old Norse 'dúnn,' meaning exactly that featherbed fluffiness. The Vikings, it seems, brought us not just longships but the perfect word for a pillow. The '-y' is the plain English suffix that turns a noun into 'full of, made of,' so 'downy' is simply 'full of down.'
- name origin
- Named for the soft underfeathers of birds
- bear mascot
- A teddy bear sells most of its softness
- core chemistry
- Positively charged molecules cling to negative fabric fibers
- hidden cost
- Softener coatings can ruin towel absorbency
- global reach
- Sold as Lenor across much of Europe
downy fabric softener — procter & gamble product line launched 1960, leading fabric softener brand globally
downy woodpecker — smallest woodpecker in north america, found throughout us and canada