"blousy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈblaʊsi/, /ˈblaʊzi/ Forms: blousier [comparative], blousiest [superlative], blousey [alternative]
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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blouse|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} 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 [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "blousy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="blousy"> From blouse + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} blousy (comparative blousier, superlative blousiest)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a blouse; loose, flowing.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: blousier [comparative], blousiest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} blousy (comparative blousier, superlative blousiest)
  1. Alternative spelling of blowsy. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: blowsy Derived forms: blousily
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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