Think of a sheep with a fluffy, springy wool coat when you use “flocculent.” From the Latin “floccus,” meaning “tuft of wool,” this adjective describes something that resembles wool, or something that’s formed from loose flakes. The latter meaning is often used in contexts such as chemistry or beer brewing, where particles come together in cloudy masses. You might also mix up a homemade salad dressing and admire the flocculent suspension in the liquid.