Definition of Blousy

1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a blouse ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blousy

1. blowsy [adj BLOUSIER, BLOUSIEST] : BLOUSILY [adv] - See also: blowsy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blousy

blotto
blotty
bloubok
blouboks
blouse
bloused
blouseless
blouselike
blouses
blousier
blousiest
blousily
blousing
blouson
blousons
blousy (current term)
blouzes
bloviate
bloviated
bloviates
bloviating
bloviation
bloviations
bloviator
bloviators
blow-by

Literary usage of Blousy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"... knew Master Clive, and smiled at him from under her blousy curl-papers, admitting the two gentlemen into Sir Brian's dining-room, where they proposed to ..."

2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... knew Master Clive, and smiled at him from under her blousy curl-papers, admitting the two gentlemen into Sir Brian's dining-room, where they proposed to ..."

3. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"and the women and children, with their long, blousy, uncombed hair, seem the proper inmates of the ..."

4. Women and the Trades,Pittsburgh,1907-1908 by Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1909)
"In the corner of the room near one window, where the ceiling slants, a group of women in blousy, ill-fitting wrappers bend over ..."

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