flouncy
1 Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of flouncy1
Origin of flouncy2
Example Sentences
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The choreographer asked her costume designer, Robert Perdziola, to dress her dancers in a variety of looks, with flouncy tutus for the women in her first movement and limp, longer skirts in the others.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Inside, flouncy sconces and antique chandeliers shed flattering light on omelet eaters Insta-posting between bites.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2023
Conversely, the designers intend a series of white skirts, mini to flouncy with 3D floral detailing, as wedding wear, transforming one-day occasion piece into a quotidian affair.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023
“Corsage,” Marie Kreutzer’s intriguingly revisionist — if dramatically inert — portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, isn’t remotely flowery, flouncy or romantic.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2023
Aunts and uncles came up the alley trailed by girls in white patent-leather shoes and flouncy dresses, their hair rolled into finger curls.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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