flouncy

Moving with a flounce (“a bouncy, exaggerated manner; an act of departing in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself”).

[S]he came, saw, and conquered the worthy man whose name she adorns, and whose home she keeps in a manner which is the despair of all the easygoing, hoopy, flouncy, little women, who have made sundry tomtits happy by allowing them to pay their dry-goods bills.

In other matters, besides those connected with the lamentable young man, the flouncy nature of this misguided young person hourly manifests itself. She is of that kind that runs over street crossings and smiles upon the wide world generally when she reaches the other side.

Calling attention; flashy, showy; also, elaborate; fancy.

Take, as a contrast, a near neighbor on the left, pretty Mrs. Wimbledon, widow of the late Mr. Wimbledon, a young and pretty widow; with a garden that looks so intelligent; with flower-beds so dashing and flouncy; with premium strawberries; with altogether "so engaging a place," as people say, that many good folks would like to share it with the lovely Mrs. Wimbledon.

And, later, when I married Francisco and replaced the McBride like a pair of baggy old knickers with his much frillier, flouncier surname, I couldn't help but marvel at my lucky escape.

Of a garment, etc.: having a flounce (“strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge”) or flounces; gathered and pleated.

[N]ovv praye, vvhat may you call that flouncy garment? for I ſuppoſe it has ſome fine fangled neam belonging to it.

Sometimes she thought of adopting a more showy, flouncy style of dress—like the Miss Smiths; but when it came to the point, somehow Hannah always felt she could not go out so. People would laugh at her, and say she was copying the Smiths, and "anything rather than that," thought Hannah Brown.