The meaning of Bougies
Bougies – definition
nounA thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body.
Usage examples:
Patients are placed under local or general anesthesia and the stricture is dilated using a flexible…
adjectiveExhibiting qualities attributed to the middle class, especially pretentiousness or conventionality.
Usage examples:
The candlelit cocktail party was pretty bougie
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Word origin
mid 18th century: from French, literally ‘wax candle’, from ArabicBijāya, an Algerian town which traded in wax.
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