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blousy

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blous⋅y

  [blou-zee]
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–adjective, blous⋅i⋅er, blous⋅i⋅est.
blowzy.
Related forms:
blous⋅i⋅ly, adverb

blowz⋅y

  [blou-zee]
–adjective, blowz⋅i⋅er, blowz⋅i⋅est.
1. having a coarse, ruddy complexion.
2. disheveled in appearance; unkempt.
Also, blowsy, blowzed, blowsed [blouzd] , blousy.

Origin:
1760–70; obs. blowze wench (< ?) + -y 1

Related forms:
blowz⋅i⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

blowzy 
c.1770, from obsolete blouze (1573), "wench, beggar's trull," perhaps originally a cant term.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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