Definitions
being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
Word origin
From French bouffant, from Middle French; present participle of bouffer (“to puff”). Doublet of buffont.
Used in a sentence
“Her bouffant suit made her seem much heavier than her petite figure actually was.”
“Mother went a little pale. “Preposterous!” she said. “I don’t know what’s got into you!” She fiddled with her bouffant, almost as if she was nervous.”
“But by the early 1980s the energy had largely drained from the punk movement, giving way to the synthesizers, eyeliner and bouffants of so-called New Romantic bands like Duran Duran and Adam and the Ants.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Puffed-up hairstyle”8 letters
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