touslyadj.
/ˈtaʊzli/ Characterized by being tousled or dishevelled; having tousled hair or dress.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] > of person, clothes, etc.
rowsey1565
slovenlya1568
sloven-like1569
uncompta1641
frowzy1710
blowzed1766
blowzyc1770
tousy1786
frowzled1808
sloven1821
hashy1825
tously1832
tousled1847
tuzzy-muzzy1847
unsleek1859
tousled-looking1860
slouchy1864
scraggly1869
frowzly1872
sploshy1881
schlumpy1956
streelish1974
1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 21 July 193/2 Ye may be as touzly as ye like i' the outside o' your claes.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Feb. 6/2 Hither came the women, a blowsy, touzley crew, with mouth agape.
1905 Daily News 2 Aug. 6 One [humble-bee] with a tously yellow head and thorax and dark brown abdomen.
1911 Daily News 7 Mar. 4 Why should a man send many men and teams of horses..to fetch towsly brown grass to clothe his town lawn?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
adj.1832