PRONUNCIATION:

(BLOU-zee) 

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Having a coarsely ruddy complexion.
2. Disheveled.

ETYMOLOGY:

From English dialect blowze (wench). Earliest documented use: around 1770.

USAGE:

“She appears transformed from the dowdy, blousy woman with big hair.”
Hillary in the Oval Office; Irish Independent (Dublin); Mar 25, 2006.