Blouse Meaning
/ˈblaʊ̯z/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
nounA shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
Sentence Examples
Please unbutton your blouse.
Your blouse goes beautifully with that skirt.
This type of blouse is beginning to be dated.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She wore a white silk ____ with pearl buttons to the formal dinner.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She wore a silk ____ and a long skirt to the formal dinner tonight.
Word Origin & History
1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"An anonymous black soldier summed up his feelings by declaring, "If I fail to blouse my boots, or [if I] wear an Afro, I get socked. […]""
— 1989, Bernard C. Nalty, Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military, page 311:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She wore a white silk ____ with pearl buttons to the formal dinner.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She wore a silk ____ and a long skirt to the formal dinner tonight.