adj. showy; overembellished.
- 1908  You bet if he would fall in love wid me / An' tell it to me in that flossy way, / I'd hold me arms an' ast him in to stay . . .
- 1910  ". . . Come on boys! Here you are for the nice, glossy floor and the nice, flossy girls. Here you are!"
- 1958  The fact [was] not mentioned in the flossy propaganda issued by the CMA . . . .