flouncy, a.
(ˈflaʊnsɪ)
Also -ey.
[f. flounce n.2 + -y1.]
Having flounces, flounced.
| 1821 M. Wilmot Let. 17 Jan. (1935) 93 This gauzy, flowncy, furbelow, flybysky place. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 20 Sept. 3/2 A deep-kilted flouncy chiffon. 1906 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 5/7 Floppy hats and skirts, all ‘fluffy’ and ‘flouncy’, have come into vogue again. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay i. i. 19 Shiny and flouncey clothing. 1927 Sunday at Home June 525/2 Flouncy petticoats..are giving way in Spain to modern styles. |