6 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
originEtymology tree English blows(e) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blowsy From blows(e) + -y.
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