bouffant
adjective/ˈbuːfɒ̃/
/buːˈfɑːnt/
- (of a person’s hair) in a style that raises it up and back from the head in a high round shape
- a bouffant hairdo
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, literally ‘swelling’, present participle of bouffer.Definitions on the go
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