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Meaning of bougie

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bougie

Pronunciation:/ˈbuːʒi/

noun

Definitions

  1. A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.

  2. A wax candle.

bougie

Pronunciation:/ˈbuːʒi/

adjective

Definitions

  1. (usually derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).

  2. Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1.