bouffant

Plural: bouffants

Noun

• A style of hairdressing where hair is teased into a puffed shape.
• a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance
• 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.

Adjective Satellite

• being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
  • "a bouffant skirt"

Adj

• Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.

Examples

• Her bouffant suit made her seem much heavier than her petite figure actually was.
• Her opponent’s surprise play of BOUFFANT had a certain flair, even without a ’Q’.

Synonyms

puffy

Anagrams of bouffant