flossy

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling floss.
  2. Extravagantly showy; flashy informal,slang
    — 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.

词形变化

flossier comparative flossiest superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English floss
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English flossy
From floss + -y.
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