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bouffant

[ boo-fahnt, boo-fahnt; French boo-fahn ]

adjective

  1. puffed out; full:

    a bouffant skirt.



noun

  1. a woman's hairstyle in which the hair is teased to give an overall puffed-out appearance and often combed to frame the face.

bouffant

/ ˈbuːfɒŋ /

adjective

  1. (of a hair style) having extra height and width through back-combing; puffed out
  2. (of sleeves, skirts, etc) puffed out


noun

  1. a bouffant hair style

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Other Words From

  • bouf·fan·cy [boo, -f, uh, n-see], noun
  • semi·bouf·fant adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bouffant1

First recorded in 1875–80; from French: literally, “swelling” ( bouff(er) “to swell” + -ant adjective suffix; -ant )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bouffant1

C20: from French, from bouffer to puff up

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Example Sentences

Then again, gamers turning a bouffant-haired artist who died a quarter-century ago into a mass-culture phenomenon isn’t exactly out of a textbook either.

And now the same thing is happening with her signature pillowy, bouffant hairstyle, reports The Daily Mail.

This time the actress is on set in Monte Carlo wearing a giant ball gown and bouffant hairdo.

For another, the woman singing it has ginger colored hair often styled in a retro Dusty Springfield-inspired bouffant.

She ditches her plaid knee-highs for Audrey Hepburn-style shift dresses, fur stoles, red lipstick and a bouffant.

She smiled to see the old men with their high-waisted pants and the old women with their bouffant hair.

To the American eye it is a musical comedy costume, picturesque, bouffant, amazing.

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