flossy
flossy adjective: resembling floss.
Adjective
flossy (comparative flossier, superlative flossiest)
- Resembling floss.
- Extravagantly showy; flashy
- When a flossy girl comes along the street granting alike to the interested and the uninterested a sight of several inches of white stockings above her high boots, one's mind harks back to dear old Mother Goose, and the woman who went to market her eggs for to sell.1917, The Judge, volume 72
- The latest example of 30's camp-nostalgia opened last week at the Colonial for a three-week run; it is a big, flossy, stylish revival of Good News (vintage 1927), with Alice Faye, John Payne, and would you believe Stubby Kaye?1973 December 29, Jonathan Cross, “The Fag In The Fifth Row”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 4
Proper noun capitalized: Flossy
Flossy
- A female given name, diminutive of Florence.
flossy meaning in Tamil
flossy in Tamil
- பளபளப்பான, பகட்டு, பகட்டான
Forms of flossy
| comparative | flossier |
|---|---|
| superlative | flossiest |
Origin of flossy
From floss + -y.
Words formed from flossy
Questions about flossy
- What does flossy mean?
- Flossy means resembling floss.
- What is flossy in Tamil?
- Flossy in Tamil is பளபளப்பான, பகட்டு, பகட்டான. See Flossy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is flossy?
- Flossy can be an adjective or a proper noun.
Words near flossy in the dictionary
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