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[blous, blouz]

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noun

a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.

a single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.

a loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh, or below the knee, and sometimes belted. Compare smock frock.

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verb (used without object)

to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.

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verb (used with object)

to dispose the material of a garment in loose folds, as trouser legs over the tops of boots.

Origin:
1820–30; < French, perhaps from the phrase *vêtement de laine blouse garment of short (i.e., uncarded, pure) wool; compare Provençal (lano) blouso pure (wool) < Old High German blōz naked, cognate with Old English bleat poor, miserable

Related forms

blouse·like, adjective

un·bloused, adjective

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There was transparency: a lovely pale pink blouse in raw-edged organdy over a long black sheer skirt.

In sharp contrast to me, she was wearing a white suit jacket and skirt, and a pink blouse.

Women wear the kira, a floor-sweeping straight dress topped with a blouse and short jacket.

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There was transparency: a lovely pale pink blouse in raw-edged organdy over a long black sheer skirt.

In sharp contrast to me, she was wearing a white suit jacket and skirt, and a pink blouse.

Women wear the kira, a floor-sweeping straight dress topped with a blouse and short jacket.

If the proprietor is embroidering a blouse as you enter, so much the better.

Abedwali, who was bandaged and whose blouse was soaked in blood.

Women should wear a suit with jacket, pants, and a blouse.

She got past a guard by hiding her camera in her blouse.

Fun fancy heels or other shoes can dress up an outfit too, if you don't want to have to buy a new blouse or top.

Neutral colors are good, and if you need to take risks, you can wear a more gutsy color for your blouse.

The simple peasant blouse he always wore hangs from a peg in his bedroom.

And, speaking of which, bring along an extra blouse in case you spill something or there's some other disaster.

Then they ripped off her blouse and made her use it to clean the blood off their boots.

Our red cotton blouse combines easy-care fabric with an embroidered hem.

Hanging down in front of her ruffled white blouse was her large entrant.

He shows plenty of straight hip-length jackets as well as boleros that blouse gently and curve into the.

The flowing crinkly texture and light weight make this flattering blouse an easy choice for warm-weather travel.

Harrison is dressed sensibly in sandals, black pants, and a black blouse with silver appliquè9.

She wears lipstick and knows exactly how far to pull down her blouse to display her figure without appearing.

Fifth and sixth grade girls will have a plaid skirt, yellow blouse and blue vest.

And once a marker leaked all over my pretty new white blouse.

And since they have screw tops, they won't explode all over an expensive silk blouse.

If you are the right height, there are also some great longer cardigans out there to wear over beautiful long blouse or sweater.

Key pieces included a blouse with serious wingspan and a.

She is dressed in a moss green velvet suit, ruffled fuchsia blouse and dainty sandals.

No other blouse in my wardrobe has lasted this long.

Even on the runway, the delicacy of a tucked satin blouse or the intricacy of knitted tulle stood out as couture marvels.

There's nothing wrong with a short-sleeved or even a sleeveless blouse.

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World English Dictionary

blouse (blaʊz)

—n
1.	a woman's shirtlike garment made of cotton, nylon, etc
2.	a loose-fitting smocklike garment, often knee length and belted, worn esp by E European peasants
3.	a loose-fitting waist-length belted jacket worn by soldiers

—vb
4.	to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds

[C19: from French, of unknown origin]

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Word Origin & History

blouse

1828, from Fr., "workman's or peasant's smock" (1788), origin unknown. Perhaps akin to Prov. (lano) blouso "short (wool)" [Gamillscheg]. Another suggestion [Klein] is that it is from M.L. pelusia, from Pelusium, a city in Upper Egypt, supposedly a clothing manufacturing center in the Middle Ages.

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