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towsy

towsy is the alternative form of towzy.

Meaning of towzy

Adjective

towzy (comparative towzier, superlative towziest)

  1. (Scotland) Shaggy and unkempt.
    • The waiter rolled his bloodshot eyes and scratched his towzy head.1870, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 370

Forms of towsy

comparativemore towsy
superlativemost towsy

Questions about towsy

What is towsy the alternative form of?
Towsy is the alternative form of towzy.

Words near towsy in the dictionary

  1. Towsley
  2. Towsleys
  3. towsling
  4. Towson
  5. Towsons
  6. towsy
  7. Towthorpe
  8. Towton
  9. towtruck
  10. towtrucks
  11. towy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: towsy (page history and authors); towzy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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