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bouffant
[ boo-fahnt, boo-fahnt; French boo-fahn ]
noun
- 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
- (of a hair style) having extra height and width through back-combing; puffed out
- (of sleeves, skirts, etc) puffed out
noun
- a bouffant hair style
Other Words From
- bouf·fan·cy [boo, -f, uh, n-see], noun
- semi·bouf·fant adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bouffant1
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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