bouffantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French bouffant, from Middle French; present participle of bouffer (“to puff”). Doublet of buffont.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbuːfɑ̃/
• (米国発音) enPR: bo͞o-fäntʹ, IPA: /buˈfɑːnt/ or enPR: bo͞oʹfänt, IPA: /ˈbufɑːnt/
• 韻: -ɒnt

形容詞

bouffant (comparative more bouffant, superlative most bouffant)

1. Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.

   Her bouffant suit made her seem much heavier than her petite figure actually was.

名詞

bouffant (plural bouffants)

1. A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
   • 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     Mother went a little pale. “Preposterous!” she said. “I don’t know what’s got into you!” She fiddled with her bouffant, almost as if she was nervous.

   • 2023 November 30, Matt Phillips, “Shane MacGowan, Songwriter Who Fused Punk and Irish Rebellion, Is Dead at 65”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     But by the early 1980s the energy had largely drained from the punk movement, giving way to the synthesizers, eyeliner and bouffants of so-called New Romantic bands like Duran Duran and Adam and the Ants.

派生語

• bouffant cap
• bouffant gown
• bouffanty
• buffont (buffant)
• semibouffant