Dictionary

blousy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈblaʊzi/
• /ˈblaʊsi/

Etymology

Etymology tree English blouse Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blousy From blouse + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a blouse; loose, flowing.
   • 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. 2016, Meghann Foye, Meternity, page 60:
   • 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. 1988 June 3, Bryan Miller, “Elsewhere: Jim and Tammy's Heritage”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

blousy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of blowsy.
   alt of blowsy

Forms

Deriveds

blousily