bodycon

or bod·y-con

or bod·y con

[ bod-ee-kon ]

adjectiveAlso bod·y-con·scious [bod-ee-kon-shuhs] /ˈbɒd iˌkɒn ʃəs/ .
  1. (of clothing) designed to be close-fitting, and often made with stretchy material, so as to display the shape of the body; skintight: Bodycon dresses restrict the length of one’s stride, making it difficult for wearers to walk with confidence in heels.

  2. of or relating to clothing in this style: She experimented for a while with a more bodycon approach to dressing than her signature layering.

noun
  1. a style of clothing designed to be close-fitting, often made with stretchy material, so as to display the shape of the body:Why didn’t you tell me how big my butt looks in bodycon?

Origin of bodycon

1
First recorded in 1990–95; from Japanese bodikon, itself a shortening of English body-conscious

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How to use bodycon in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for body-con

body-con

noun
    • a style of skintight clothing that emphasizes the contours of the body

    • (as modifier): a body-con skirt

Origin of body-con

1
C21: shortened from body-conscious

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