bleezy

English

Etymology 1

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Adjective

bleezy (comparative more bleezy, superlative most bleezy)

1. (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

• 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

From blunt +‎ -eezy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).

Noun

bleezy (plural bleezies)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A blunt (marijuana cigarette).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

   • 2012 November 15, B.o.B (lyrics and music), “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

• Tony Thorne (2014) “bleezy n”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury, page 45: “a marihuana cigarette, joint”