BOUFFANT

bouffant, puffy

(adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; “a bouffant skirt”

bouffant

(noun) a woman’s hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bouffant (comparative more bouffant, superlative most bouffant)

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

Noun

bouffant (plural bouffants)

A popular hairstyle in the mid-to-late 16th century, nowadays common with poodles.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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