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blowsy or blowzy or blousy (BLAU-zee) - adj., having a plump, ruddy complexion; (esp. of women) disheveled, unkempt; (of women) slovenly, sluttish; countrified.
The slattern sense is, interestingly, the root: this is 18th century slang derived from obsolete blowze, wench, beggar-woman. The disheveled sense shows up in Austen, btw (P&P ch 8).
---L.
The slattern sense is, interestingly, the root: this is 18th century slang derived from obsolete blowze, wench, beggar-woman. The disheveled sense shows up in Austen, btw (P&P ch 8).
---L.
