poofed-upadj.
/ˌpuːftˈʌp/, U.S. /ˈpuftˈəp/ slang (chiefly derogatory).
Dressed in an affected or effeminate manner. Also figurative.
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the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]
womanly?c1225
ferbleta1300
effeminatea1393
nicea1393
softc1450
manlessa1529
unmanly1534
cockney1573
effeminated1580
unmanlikea1586
milky1602
enervate1603
womanizing1615
emasculate1622
womanized1624
softly1643
womanlish1647
unmasculine1649
emollid1656
ladylike1656
enervated1660
emasculated1701
petticoated1708
tea-faced1728
effeminized1789
invirile1870
epicene1881
sissyish1889
sissified1898
devirilized1901
cockless1902
camp1909
pansy1929
campy1932
queenly1933
poncy1937
pansyish1941
swishy1941
moffie1954
poofy1956
femme1963
poofed-up1964
minty1965
ponced-up1970
lavender1979
the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > effeminate man
womanisha1393
womanlike1440
feminatea1533
effeminate1549
womanlike1565
cockney1573
feminine1614
androgynous1628
muliebrious1652
petit maître1729
Miss Nancyish1855
gynaecomorphous1865
gynandrous1878
girly-girly1882
nancified1901
wimbly-wambly1929
tapette1930
queeny1936
female1940
poofed-up1964
pansy-ass1976
wussy1977
effete1981
1964 New Statesman 6 Mar. 374/1 We have a pooved-up tenor introducing a parade of Variety Girls.
1994 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 24 Dec. h4 Windows consumes all sorts of computer power, memory and disk space to bring you, basically, a poofed-up version of MS-DOS that still has most of the same memory problems.
2003 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 22 Nov. (Living) 1 Critics dismissed them as poofed-up pretty boys wholly dependent on their stylish videos and looks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1964