blowsy

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blowsy

/ˈblaʊzi/

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adjective blowsier · blowsiest · blousy · blouzy · blowsey · blowzy

Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face. They put me in mind of a poor Girl, a Miss Peachy (a real, & in the end, a melancholy Story)—she was a fine young Woman; but thinking herself too ruddy & blowsy, it was her Custom to bleed herself (an Art she had learn’d on purpose) 3 or 4 times against the Rugby Races in order to appear more dainty
of a woman's hair or dress Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern. Her hair so untidy, so blowsy!
Unrefined, countrified. He longed for the warmth and the smells of his favourite haunts—Gilpin's with oysters frizzling in a dozen pans, and noble odours stealing from the tap-room, the Green Man with its tripe-suppers, Wanless's Coffee House, noted for its cuts of beef and its white puddings. He would give much to be in a

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@misc{blowsy_2026,
  title = {blowsy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blowsy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}