Flouncy

//ˈflaʊnsi//

Synonyms for "flouncy"

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Finnish

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  • röyhelöinen adj (of a garment, etc.: having a flounce or flounces)
  • säntäilevä adj (moving with a flounce)

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[S]he came, saw, and conquered the worthy man whose name she adorns, and whose home she keeps in a manner which is the despair of all the easygoing, hoopy, flouncy, little women, who have made sundry tomtits happy by allowing them to pay their dry-goods bills.

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In other matters, besides those connected with the lamentable young man, the flouncy nature of this misguided young person hourly manifests itself. She is of that kind that runs over street crossings and smiles upon the wide world generally when she reaches the other side.

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Mrs. Dozer is also assiduous, but flouncy; and brings with her sudden draughts, and goes away again leaving doors open, which I get up and close, using language as I do so.

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So it was that poor, fat Mrs. Berman sat on her sofa this Wednesday night with a large wild hat on, congested as to the face, flouncy and flighty as to the feet, and trying to pretend that she was smoking a Russian cigarette.

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