fruffyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

fruffy

1. (colloquial) Of something that is excessively poofy, big, and soft, or items that are heavily ruffled, decorative, and "over-the-top".
   • 1996, Unattributed, “Last Wills and Testaments”, in The Profile‎, page 9:

     Dana Carter, not being of sound mind and body, hereby bequeath to: [...] Ann Roberts [...] Robert's fruffy skirt [...]

   • 2002, Christopher P. N. Maselli, Reality Shift‎, page 65:

     "They just deal in the electronics±no fruffy stuff."
     "Dad, a manual's not fruffy stuff."

   • 2004, Lisa Bevere, Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry‎, page 169:

     I love being feminine now, without being "fruffy"—that was a new American word for us under.

   • 2013, Kiersten Fay, “Racing Hearts”, in The mammoth book of futuristic romance‎, page 198:

     Can I buy you a drink? Maybe one of those fruffy ones?

   • 2014, Cathleen Tully, Training Travis‎, page 128:

     "It's beautiful. Now let's talk about the windows and bedding"
     "I don't want anything too fruffy."
     "Nothing fruffy. Got it." Rebecca sketched a balloon valance with drapery panels.

   • 2014, McEvoy, Colin, Fatal jealousy : [the true story of a doomed romance, a singular obsession, and a quadruple murder]‎, page 208:

     [...] she believed in karma, and she felt that by dressing up nicely for Ballard in her high heels and "fruffy froo froo shirt," she somehow upset the balance of things for him [...]

参考

• fluffy
• frilly
• froofy
• frou-frou