bougie (plural bougies)
(medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
A wax candle.
bougie (comparative bougier, superlative bougiest)
(chiefly, African-American Vernacular, slang, usually, derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
(British, slang) fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1.
• chichi
• high and mighty
• ritzy
• saditty
• snobby
Source: Wiktionary
Bou*gie" (, n. Etym: [F. bougie wax candle, bougie, fr. Bougie, Bugia, a town of North Africa, from which these candles were first imported into Europe.]
1. (Surg.)
Definition: A long, flexible instrument, that is
Note: introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc., to remove obstructions, or for the other purposes. It was originally made of waxed linen rolled into cylindrical form.
2. (Pharm.)
Definition: A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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