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单词 frouzy
释义

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)

  1. (Britain) froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or nose
  2. fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight
  3. slovenly; dingy
    • 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
      Petticoats in frouzy heaps.
  • frowzy

Further reading

  • frouzy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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