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bouffe^¹

/buf/ US

Rhymes with -uːf

noun bouffes

A comic opera Born as a French satiric form with the bouffes of Jacques Offenbach in the 1850s, it moved on, like most Parisian fashions, to Vienna[…].

bouffe^²

/buf/ US

Rhymes with -uːf

verb bouffes · bouffing · bouffed

transitive To make bouffant. I thought about bouffing my hair again.

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@misc{bouffe_2026,
  title = {bouffe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bouffe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}