bougie
noun
[ ˈbuːʒi ]
• a thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body.
Origin:
mid 18th century: from French, literally ‘wax candle’, from ArabicBijāya, an Algerian town which traded in wax.
bougie
adjective
• exhibiting qualities attributed to the middle class, especially pretentiousness or conventionality.
• "the candlelit cocktail party was pretty bougie"
Origin:
1960s (originally in African American usage): from bourgeois.
