bouffancy
fɑnt; 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.
Related forms
sem·i·bouf·fant, adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a hair style) having extra height and width through back-combing; puffed out |
| 2. | (of sleeves, skirts, etc) puffed out |
| —n | |
| 3. | a bouffant hair style |
| [C20: from French, from bouffer to puff up] | |
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Word Origin & History
bouffant
1880, from Fr., prp. of bouffer "to puff out," from O.Fr. bouffer (12c.), from V.L. *buffare, probably ultimately imitative of puffing. First used of hairdo style 1955.
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