frouzy
English
Etymology
Compare froust (“a musty smell”), frouse (“to rumple”), frouze (“to curl”), frounce, frowy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹaʊzi/
- Rhymes: -aʊzi
Adjective
frouzy (comparative more frouzy, superlative most frouzy)
- (Britain) froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or nose
- fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight
- slovenly; dingy
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
- Petticoats in frouzy heaps.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
Related terms
- frowzy
Further reading
- frouzy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913