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flouncey

flouncey adjective: dated spelling of flouncy.

Adjective

flouncey (comparative more flouncey, superlative most flouncey)

  1. Dated spelling of flouncy.
    • They sat about in black and shiny and flouncey clothing adorned with gimp and beads, eating great quantities of cake, drinking much tea in a stately manner and reverberating remarks.1908, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Of Bladesover House, and My Mother; and the Constitution of Society”, in Tono-Bungay […], Toronto, Ont.: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd., →OCLC, 1st book (The...

Forms of flouncey

comparativemore flouncey
superlativemost flouncey

Questions about flouncey

What does flouncey mean?
Flouncey means dated spelling of flouncy.
What part of speech is flouncey?
Flouncey is an adjective.

Words near flouncey in the dictionary

  1. flounce posts
  2. flounced
  3. flouncer
  4. flouncers
  5. flounces
  6. flouncey
  7. flouncier
  8. flounciest
  9. flouncily
  10. flounciness
  11. flouncing

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