flouncy
Meanings
adj
- Moving with a flounce (“a bouncy, exaggerated manner; an act of departing in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself”).
- Calling attention; flashy, showy; also, elaborate; fancy.
- Of a garment, etc.: having a flounce (“strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge”) or flounces; gathered and pleated.
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Etymology
From flounce (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
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