flouncey /ˈflaʊnsi/ adjective3 •Of a garment, etc.: having a flounce (“strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge”) or flounces; gathered and pleated.[N]ovv praye, vvhat may you call that flouncy garment? for I suppose it has some fine fangled neam belonging to it. — 1756 •(figurative) Calling attention; flashy, showy; also, elaborate; fancy.And, later, when I married Francisco and replaced the McBride like a pair of baggy old knickers with his much frillier, flouncier surname, I couldn't help but marvel at my lucky escape. — 2010 •Moving with a flounce (“a bouncy, exaggerated manner; an act of departing in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself”).Mrs. Dozer is also assiduous, but flouncy; and brings with her sudden draughts, and goes away again leaving doors open, which I get up and close, using language as I do so. — 1885 formsmore flouncey · most flouncey