flossy
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Meaning · English
Extravagantly showy; flashy
Register: informal, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
When a flossy girl comes along the street granting alike to the interested and the uninterested a sight of several inches of white stockings above her high boots, one's mind harks back to dear old Mother Goose, and the woman who went to market her eggs for to sell.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “flossy” mean?
Extravagantly showy; flashy
Is “flossy” formal or informal?
flossy is generally informal, slang.