fruffy

fruffy adjective: of something that is excessively poofy, big, and soft, or items that are heavily ruffled, decorative, and "over-the-top".

Adjective

fruffy

(colloquial) Of something that is excessively poofy, big, and soft, or items that are heavily ruffled, decorative, and "over-the-top".
- Dana Carter, not being of sound mind and body, hereby bequeath to: [...] Ann Roberts [...] Robert's fruffy skirt [...]1996, Unattributed, “Last Wills and Testaments”, in The Profile, page 9
- "They just deal in the electronics±no fruffy stuff."
- "Dad, a manual's not fruffy stuff."2002, Christopher P. N. Maselli, Reality Shift, page 65

I love being feminine now, without being "fruffy"—that was a new American word for us under.2004, Lisa Bevere, Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry, page 169:
[...] she believed in karma, and she felt that by dressing up nicely for Ballard in her high heels and "fruffy froo froo shirt," she somehow upset the balance of things for him [...]2014, McEvoy, Colin, Fatal jealousy : [the true story of a doomed romance, a singular obsession, and a quadruple murder], page 208:

Blend of fluffy + frilly, froofy, or frou-frou.

What does fruffy mean?: Fruffy means of something that is excessively poofy, big, and soft, or items that are heavily ruffled, decorative, and "over-the-top".
How do you use fruffy in a sentence?: I love being feminine now, without being "fruffy"—that was a new American word for us under.
What part of speech is fruffy?: Fruffy is an adjective.

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