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bouf⋅fant

  [boo-fahnt, boo-fahnt; Fr. boo-fahn]
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–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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bouf·fant   (bōō-fänt')   
adj.  Puffed-out; full: a bouffant hair style.

[French, from present participle of bouffer, to puff up, from Old French.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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