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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.
Related forms
poufed, pouffed, adjective
pouf·y, pouf·fy, adjective
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World English Dictionary
| pouf or pouffe (puːf) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a large solid cushion, usually cylindrical or cubic in shape, used as a seat |
| 2. | a. a woman's hair style, fashionable esp in the 18th century, in which the hair is piled up in rolled puffs |
| b. a pad set in the hair to make such puffs | |
| 3. | a stuffed pad worn under panniers |
| 4. | derogatory, slang (Brit) less common spellings of poof |
| [C19: from French; see | |
| pouffe or pouffe (puːf, pʊf, puːf) | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from French; see | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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