bougie
1 of 3adjective
bou·gie ˈbü-ˌzhē 
variants or less commonly boujee
ˈbü-ˌjē
or bourgie ˈbu̇r-ˌzhē,
ˈbü-ˌzhē bougier also boujier or bourgier; bougiest also boujiest or bourgiest
informal + usually disparaging : marked by a concern for wealth, possessions, and respectability : bourgeois
Soothing rhythms after midnight, theme songs to lucky affairs, shotgun weddings, and bougie proms, the fodder for adventurous crooners on amateur night at the Apollo …
Michael A. Gonzales
Michael A. GonzalesAfter college, [writer Colson Whitehead] stopped going out to Sag Harbor much. "It was too bourgie," he said. Charles McGrath
Charles McGrathbougie
2 of 3noun (1)
variants or less commonly bourgie
plural bougies also bourgies
informal + usually disparaging
: a middle-class person : bourgeois
Of course, it may have occurred to Garber that people who summer in charming Nantucket houses, as she does, ought not to throw stones at wasteful bougies. Zoe Heller
Zoe Hellerbougie
3 of 3noun (2)
bou·gie ˈbü-ˌzhē -ˌjē
-ˌjē plural bougies
1
: a wax candle
2
a
: a tapering cylindrical instrument for introduction into a tubular passage of the body
b
: suppository
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
bourge(ois) entry 1 + -y entry 1
Noun (2)
French, from Bougie, seaport in Algeria
First Known Use
Adjective
1968, in the meaning defined above
Noun (1)
1966, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
bougie
noun
bou·gie ˈbü-ˌzhē -ˌjē
-ˌjē 1
: a tapering cylindrical instrument for introduction into a tubular passage of the body
2
: suppository
Geographical Definition
Bougie
geographical name
see bejaïa