blouse.
uniform or coat with buttons down the front
Meaning & usage
uniform or coat with buttons down the front
blouse d'hôpital
Where this word comes from
1788, of obscure origin. Three hypotheses are: * French blousse (“scraps of wool”), from Occitan lano blouso (“pure or short wool”), from blous, blos (“pure, empty, bare”), from Old High German blōz (“naked, bare”) (German bloß (“bare”)) * A conflation of the aforementioned and French bliaud, bliaut (a kind of smock or robe, whence English bliaus, bliaut), from Old French bliau, also from Frankish *blīfald (“topcoat of scarlet colour”), from *blīu (“coloured, bright”) + *fald (“crease, fold”). More at English blee, fold, and bliaut. * From Medieval Latin pelusia, from Pelusium, a city of Upper Egypt, a clothing manufacturer during the Middle Ages.
any one of the holes on a billiards table
Where this word comes from
belouse is earlier. The word appears already in the early 17ᵗʰ century and its origin is unknown.
inflection of blouser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of blouser: second-person singular imperative
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