blowsy

Definitions


[ˈblaʊzi], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- coarse, untidy, and red-faced (typically used of a woman)
(e.g: the cheap perfume worn by the blowsy woman)


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Origin:
early 17th century: from obsolete blowze ‘beggar's female companion’, of unknown origin




definition by Oxford Dictionaries