Bouffant Definition

bo͝o-fänt
bouffants
adjective
Puffed-out; full.
Bouffant sleeves.
American Heritage
Puffed out; full, as some skirts, hair styles, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
bouffants
A full, puffed-out hairstyle.
American Heritage

A popular hairstyle in the mid-to-late 16th century, nowadays common with poodles.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bouffant

Noun

Singular:
bouffant
Plural:
bouffants

Origin of Bouffant

  • French from present participle of bouffer to puff up from Old French

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French, from Middle French; present participle of bouffer, to puff

    From Wiktionary

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