flounce


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flounce1
verb move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner. noun an exaggerated action expressing annoyance or impatience.
– origin C16: perh. of Scand. origin and rel. to Norw. flunsa ‘hurry’, or perh. symbolic, like bounce or pounce.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flounce2
noun a wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress; a frill.
– derivatives
flounced adjective,
flouncy adjective.
– origin C18: from an alt. of obs. frounce ‘a fold or pleat’, from OFr. fronce.
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