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bouffant
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As an adjective, bouffant means of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy. As a noun, it means a puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
Meanings of bouffant
3 meaningsadjective
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
“Her bouffant suit made her seem much heavier than her petite figure actually was.”
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
A woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearancebody
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).