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blowzy en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of blowsy.
    alt of blowsy
    • She feels a sudden desire possessing her to make Hermine look as ugly as possible, and she knows she can do it with very little effort : she has only to bring down those heavy masses of hair further on to that alrady low forehead, and instead of Kriemhilde, Hermine will like a common-place blowzy dairymaid. 1880 February, William Blackwood, “Reata; or, What's in a Name.—Part XI”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, volume CXXVII, number DCCLXXII, chapter XXXVIII.—Millinery, page 221:
    • Blowzy night-frumps vex'd Jack Q. 1995 November 12, David Moews, “Alphabet Question”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords (Usenet):
    • Large, red-poll’d, blowzy hard two-handed jades 1787, John Wolcot, “Advice to Future Laureat”, in The Poetical Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., volume I, published 1789, page 476:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
blowzier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
blowziest Degree=Sup lexicographic