Adjective

(er)

Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.

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* 1913 , , The Day of Days , ch. 13,

*:. . . a man of, say, well-preserved sixty, with a blowsy plump face and fat white side-whiskers.

(chiefly, of a woman) Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern.

* 1813 , , Pride and Prejudice , ch. 8,

Her hair so untidy, so blowsy !

Unrefined, countrified.

* 1921 , , The Path of the King , ch. 11,

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.

Adjective

(er)

Resembling or characteristic of a blouse

* {{quote-news, year=1988, date=June 3, author=Bryan Miller, title=Elsewhere: Jim and Tammy's Heritage, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=Here's the store where the women on televangelism programs must buy their dresses, simple, blousy , with padded shoulders, three-quarter-length sleeves, and lace collars. }}