wowser

[ wou-zer ]
/ ˈwaʊ zər /

noun Australia and New Zealand.

an excessively puritanical person.

Origin of wowser

First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain

Words nearby wowser

woven, woven bone, wovoka, wow, wow factor, wowser, wozniak, wp, wp., wpa, wpb

British Dictionary definitions for wowser

wowser
/ (ˈwaʊzə) /

noun Australian and NZ slang

a fanatically puritanical person
a teetotaller

Word Origin for wowser

C20: from English dialect wow to whine, complain