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bouffant

/ˈbuːfɑ̃/US/buˈfɑːnt/

bouffant adjective: of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.

Adjective

bouffant (comparative more bouffant, superlative most bouffant)

  1. Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
    • Her bouffant suit made her seem much heavier than her petite figure actually was.

Noun

bouffant (plural bouffants)

  1. A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
    • 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.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
    • 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.2023 November 30, Matt Phillips, “Shane MacGowan, Songwriter Who Fused Punk and Irish Rebellion, Is Dead at 65”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

bouffant meaning in Tamil

bouffant in Tamil

முடியொப்பனை

Forms of bouffant

Adjective
comparativemore bouffant
superlativemost bouffant
Noun
pluralbouffants

Origin of bouffant

From French bouffant, from Middle French; present participle of bouffer (“to puff”). Doublet of buffont.

Words formed from bouffant

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Words that rhyme with bouffant

Questions about bouffant

What does bouffant mean?
Bouffant means of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
What is bouffant in Tamil?
Bouffant in Tamil is முடியொப்பனை. See Bouffant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bouffant?
Bouffant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce bouffant?
Bouffant is pronounced /ˈbuːfɑ̃/ (UK).

Words near bouffant in the dictionary

  1. Boudreaux
  2. bouds
  3. bouffage
  4. bouffages
  5. bouffancy
  6. bouffant
  7. bouffant cap
  8. bouffant caps
  9. bouffant gown
  10. bouffant gowns
  11. bouffantly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bouffant (page history and authors); bouffant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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