bougie
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bougie¹
- /ˈbuːʒi/
Rhymes with -uːʒi
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bougie (“wax candle”), after the Algerian city Bougie (Béjaïa), and the tapered, hand-dipped candles it made. The medical instruments were originally made from waxed linen. Doublet of bugia.
noun bougies
- A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie. "There, as my lord, with achromatic glass, / "O'erlooks St. James's Park, and on the grass, / "Beneath his mansion's half-closed window spies / "Two crouching urchins' gross obscenities, / "He turns his eager gaze, adjusts the screw, / "And brings their unwashed nudities in view. / "That spot, conce
- A wax candle.
bougie²
- /ˈbuːʒi/
Where it comes from
From bourgeoisie.
adjective bougier · bougiest · bourgie · boojie · boujee · boujée
-
Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
Hey, look, man, I haven't changed, I'm not gonna change and I'm not down with this bougie stuff.
Similar: chichi, classy, high and mighty, ritzy, saditty, snobby, snooty, posh
- Fancy or good-looking, without connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness.
noun bougies
- A person who exhibits bougie behavior. All in all, Black Anglo-Saxons today remain a variegated group, and their numbers continue, relentlessly, to multiply. / In the late 1960's^([sic – meaning 1960s]) following the first appearance of this book, The Black Anglo-Saxons, street militants and conscious members of the Black middle class po
bougie³
noun bougies
- Alternative spelling of bowjy (“shed for cattle or sheep”).
Bougie⁴
Where it comes from
Probably of French origin.
proper noun Bougies
- A surname from French.
- Former name of Béjaïa, Algeria.
Translations
Talk about this word "bougie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bougie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bougie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bougie "bougie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bougie.Cite this
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title = {bougie},
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year = {2026},
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