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bouffancy

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bouf⋅fant

  [boo-fahnt, boo-fahnt; Fr. boo-fahn]
Use bouffancy in a Sentence
–adjective
1. puffed out; full: a bouffant skirt.
–noun
2. a woman's hair style in which the hair is teased to give an overall puffed-out appearance and often combed to frame the face.
Origin:
1875–80; < F: lit., swelling (bouff(er) to swell + -ant -ant )

Related forms:
bouf⋅fan⋅cy  [boo-fuhn-see] , noun
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