flouncy
/ˈflaʊnsi/adjective
flouncy is an adjective meaning “Moving with a flounce (“a bouncy, exaggerated manner; an act of departing in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-O-U-N-C-Y, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does flouncy mean?
adjective
- 1
Moving with a flounce (“a bouncy, exaggerated manner; an act of departing in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself”).
- 2
Calling attention; flashy, showy; also, elaborate; fancy.
- 3
Of a garment, etc.: having a flounce (“strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge”) or flounces; gathered and pleated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flouncy?
- US /ˈflaʊnsi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flouncy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flouncy
- flouncier comparative
- flounciest superlative
- flouncey
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flouncy?
Flouncy appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flouncy come from?
From flounce (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).