blowsy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. 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 & Lady-like at the balls, &c
  2. Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern.
    — Her hair so untidy, so blowsy!
  3. 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 chair by one of those hearths and in the thick of that blowsy fragrance.

词形变化

blowsier comparative blowsiest superlative blousy alternative blouzy alternative blowsey alternative blowzy alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
blowsily blowsiness

词源

Etymology tree
English blows(e)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English blowsy
From blows(e) + -y.
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