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blousie

blousie is the diminutive of blouse.

Meaning of blouse

Noun

blouse (plural blouses)

  1. (obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
  2. A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
    • She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else.1964, Philip K. Dick, “NINE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 112
  3. A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
  4. (Bangladesh, India) A short garment worn under a sari.
  5. (slang) a feminine top in gay sex

See all 8 meanings of blouse

Forms of blousie

pluralblousies

Origin of blousie

From blouse + -ie.

Questions about blousie

What is blousie the diminutive of?
Blousie is the diminutive of blouse.

Words near blousie in the dictionary

  1. blouseless
  2. blouselessness
  3. blouselike
  4. blouses
  5. blousey
  6. blousie
  7. blousier
  8. blousies
  9. blousiest
  10. blousily
  11. blousing

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