bleezy
English
[edit]Etymology 1
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Adjective
[edit]bleezy (comparative more bleezy, superlative most bleezy)
- (Scotland) Showing signs of alcohol consumption, especially of eyes.
- 1830, John Galt, Lawrie Todd; Or, The Settlers in the Woods, volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, page 301:
- Having often made the same remark, I mentioned that twice or thrice, in passing their house, I had seen her looking foolishly through the window, pressing her tongue on the glass, with a red face and bleezy eyes; indeed, it was pretty generally thought in the town, that she took more than did her good.
- 1836 January, John Galt, “Tribulations of the Rev. Cowal Kilmun”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, number 25, page 33:
- They had both glistening eyes and bleezy faces. I had my doubts—gude forgie me if I blaspheme her good name!—that the strange woman was the waur of liquor; for, when she sat down on a chair, she swayed hither and yon, and was so coggly that I had my fears of a catastrophe on the floor.
Further reading
[edit]- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “bleezy, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BLEEZY, adj.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 294, column 2: “affected in the eyes, as by alcoholic excitement.”
Etymology 2
[edit]From blunt + -eezy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).
Noun
[edit]bleezy (plural bleezies)
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) A blunt (marijuana cigarette).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
- 2012 November 15, B.o.B, “So Blowed” (track 14), in Fuck 'Em We Ball, performed by B.o.B ft. Snoop Dogg:
- Ladies, come with me and then take it easy / Here's a bleezy for you and your friend, I light it up / All I know is that we 'bout to get blowed
Further reading
[edit]- Tony Thorne (2014) “bleezy n”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury, page 45: “a marihuana cigarette, joint”