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
As the Disquotays’ resident hairdresser, Sylvester, known as Dooni in those days, ensured that everyone’s wigs were flouncy and fabulous before they went out on the town to clubs and house parties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Her fashion is more kid-like, with playful heart, star and flower designs on jammies and flouncy preschool-friendly dresses and swim gear.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 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
She took her time explaining the heart of the matter as she slipped her everyday bonnet from her head and substituted the flouncy, feathery one in its place.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
There are chuckle-inducing moments toward the end of this Connecticut sojourn, when the banter gets flouncier and the mood nearly achieves liftoff.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2015
Ready your comfiest shoes, flounciest outfits and edgiest eyewear — it’s art fair season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
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