tously, a.
(ˈtaʊzlɪ)
Also formerly touzly, touzley, towsly.
[f. tousle n. or v. + -y.]
Characterized by being tousled or dishevelled; having tousled hair or dress.
| 1832 Chambers's Edin. Jrnl. I. 193/2 Ye may be as touzly as ye like i' the outside o' your claes. 1891 Pall Mall G. 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 Ibid. 7 Mar. 4 Why should a man send many men and teams of horses..to fetch towsly brown grass to clothe his town lawn? |