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[poof] 
–noun
| 1. | a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century. |
| 2. | an arrangement of the hair over a pad; puff. |
| 3. | a puff of material as an ornament on a dress or headdress. |
| 4. | Also, pouffe. a broad, backless, usually round, cushionlike seat, often large enough for several people. |
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| pouf (pōōf) n.
[French, from Old French, interjection used for a fall, of imitative origin.] pouf'fy adj. |
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Pouf
Pouf\ Pouffe \Pouffe\(p[=oo]f), n. [Written also pouff.] [F. pouf. Cf. Puff, n.] Lit., a puff; specif.: (a) A soft cushion, esp. one circular in shape and not, like a pilow, of bag form, or thin at the edges. (b) A piece of furniture like an ottoman, generally circular and affording cushion seats on all sides.
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Language Translation for : pouf
Spanish:
puf,
German:
der Sitzpuff,
Japanese:
厚いクッション
pouf
"styles of elaborate female head-dress," 1817 (in ref. to styles of c.1780), from Fr. bouffer "to blow out, puff," probably of imitative origin. As a fashion in dress-making, recorded from 1869; in ref. to over-stuffed cushions, 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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