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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

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adjective

  1. (of a hair style) having extra height and width through back-combing; puffed out
  2. (of sleeves, skirts, etc) puffed out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a bouffant hair style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú´Ç³Ü´Ú·´Ú²¹²Ô·³¦²â [boo, -f, uh, n-see], noun
  • ²õ±ð³¾î€…i·²ú´Ç³Ü´Ú·´Ú²¹²Ô³Ù adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bouffant1

C20: from French, from bouffer to puff up
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This year, the Dominican rapper supported her friend by walking the runway in a retro bouffant and black funeral dress.

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Her head tilted from side to side, her mile-high bouffant swinging along.

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She certainly had a steady personal style; she never changed her bouffant hairstyle with its little flip, and to my eye always looked like a glamorous version of a 1950s housewife.

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“There were a lot of vintage jumpsuits. One of our friends went full 1960s with go-go boots and a bouffant. A lot of sequins were happening,†Long said.

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Dark lipstick and bouffant hairdos completed the look.

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