flouncier; flounciest
: flouncing or having a tendency to flounce
Summer gathered her handbag, swung the cardigan half of her heather-colored sweater set around her shoulders, and with that flouncy walk she'd had since childhood … sashayed past us, shaking her head disgustedly all the way.—
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flouncier; flounciest
: decorated with a flounce or flounces
The French influence was pervasive. Seven women chefs wore matching, flouncy cancan out-fits …—Thomas Matthews
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Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
During an outing with Travis Kelce on June 28, Swift paired a flouncy white and pink houndstooth Balmain dress and nude Christian Louboutin sandals with a small nude trunk bag.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 June 2025
Easy to dress up or down—and somehow still incredibly comfortable thanks to its stretchy elastic waistband—this flouncy skirt is bound to be on heavy rotation during my travels this summer, from Cape Cod to Montreal.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
The big hair and flouncy clothes were gone for us and Princess Diana was also just coming out of that.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Joya had been allowed to pull the flouncy bit off her shoulders, like the singers in ABBA, but since my mother told me to keep covered, the top surrounded me sadly like a funereal wreath.
—Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
During an outing with Travis Kelce on June 28, Swift paired a flouncy white and pink houndstooth Balmain dress and nude Christian Louboutin sandals with a small nude trunk bag.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 June 2025
Easy to dress up or down—and somehow still incredibly comfortable thanks to its stretchy elastic waistband—this flouncy skirt is bound to be on heavy rotation during my travels this summer, from Cape Cod to Montreal.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
The big hair and flouncy clothes were gone for us and Princess Diana was also just coming out of that.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Flouncy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flouncy. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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