bougie.
A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
Meaning & usage
A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
A wax candle.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French bougie (“wax candle”), after the Algerian city Bougie (Béjaïa), and the tapered, hand-dipped candles it made. The medical instruments were originally made from waxed linen. Doublet of bugia.
Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
Fancy or good-looking, without connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness.
Where this word comes from
From bourgeoisie.
A person who exhibits bougie behavior.
Where this word comes from
From bourgeoisie.
Alternative spelling of bowjy (“shed for cattle or sheep”).
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