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English
Etymology 1
From blouse + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblaʊsi/, /ˈblaʊzi/
Adjective
blousy (comparative blousier, superlative blousiest)
- Resembling or characteristic of a blouse; loose, flowing.
1988 June 3, Bryan Miller, “Elsewhere: Jim and Tammy's Heritage”, in Chicago Reader:Here's the store where the women on televangelism programs must buy their dresses, simple, blousy, with padded shoulders, three-quarter-length sleeves, and lace collars.
2016, Meghann Foye, Meternity, page 60:Blousy tops thanks to a shipment of maternity gear from Addison's shoots help hide my faux belly from the rest of the staff, who sadly, must think I've just put on the pounds.
Etymology 2
Adjective
blousy (comparative blousier, superlative blousiest)
- Alternative spelling of blowsy
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