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. (British) 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, The Lady's Dressing Room:

     Petticoats in frouzy heaps.

Related terms

• frowzy

Further reading

• “frouzy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.