flossy, a.
(ˈflɒsɪ)
[f. floss n.2 + -y1.]
Resembling floss or floss-silk; floss-like. Also (N. Amer. colloq.) fig. Saucy, impertinent, ‘fresh’; fancy, showy.
| 1839 Bailey Festus xx. (1848) 266 Flossy, tendrilled locks. 1874 T. Hardy Madding Crowd I. xxviii. 306 A thick flossy carpet of moss. 1884 Daily News 10 Nov. 3/1 Chenille embroideries brightened by..the flossiest of silks. 1889 Road (Denver, Colo.) 28 Dec. 4/3 Phil, we have got it in for you if you don't quit being so flossy. 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Dec. 113 Flossy, beautiful, stylish. 1900 Ade More Fables (1902) 136 He'd show you if you could get Flossy with a Lady, even though she Works. 1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 122 He's as flossy a proposition as ever came down the pike. 1922 H. Titus Timber i. 14 Do you list that with your references? Your luck with these flossy young petticoats? 1958 Fisherman (Vancouver) 15 Aug. 2/3 The flossy propaganda issued by the CMA. |
Hence flossied up ppl. a., dressed up.
| 1943 Penguin New Writing XVIII. 63 There was a tremendous crowd going, all flossied up for a day out. 1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 57, I..was all flossied up. 1957 I. Murdoch Sandcastle i. 10, I suppose I'll have to dress. She's sure to be all flossied up. |