muumuu
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- noun
- /ˈmuːmuː/
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muumuu
- Sometimes when she walked, she had the feeling of floating, though she wasn't really that huge—a size sixteen the last time she stopped at Razook's and the saleswoman showed her a purple muumuu and praised her "mature figure."
- wear a muumuu
- floral muumuu
- purple muumuu
Examples
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Inez looks pretty in her turquoise muumuu.
Fiction book (2000) -
She had exchanged her pink housecoat for a purple muumuu printed with trumpet-shaped flowers.
Fiction book (2001) -
I should wear a muumuu.
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I used to dream of you wearing a muumuu.
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Yes, I'd wear a muumuu.
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I had on a polyester muumuu.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then, the sound of flip-flops on the staircase, and Lili, in a muumuu with a pattern of emerald leaves, leads the way upstairs into a room where fans chatter in the windows.
Fiction book (1999) -
Masie MacEntire, bulging in a brightly flowered muumuu dress, leaned over close to the microphone at the side of the piano.
Fiction book (1993) -
For the ceremony, Rosie had elected to wear an off-white organza muumuu with a crown of baby's breath encircling her strangely dyed red hair.
Fiction book (1996) -
On hot summer days, I love to relax in a colorful muumuu while sipping lemonade.
Synonyms
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A loose dress without a belt that falls straight from the shoulders, with a high neck and long sleeves
A loose, comfortable dress worn at home to relax
Antonyms
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Muumuu comes from the Hawaiian word muʻumuʻu, which meant 'cut off'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a dress 'cut' away at the waist so it hangs loose and comfortable, which is exactly what a muumuu is today.