frowzy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹaʊzi/
• Homophone: frouzy

Adjective

frowzy (comparative frowzier, superlative frowziest)

1. Alternative form of frowsy
   • 1983, Peter De Vries, Slouching Towards Kalamazoo, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., Chapter 3, p. 34,

     Half the pages of the frazzled directory hanging on a chain in the musty old booth into which I furtively sidled had turned their corners back on themselves. Such books are like frowzy old broads who have been handled by a thousand men.

   • 1994, J. M. Coetzee, The Master of Petersburg, London: Secker & Warburg, Chapter 8, p. 90,

     It is a relief to be rid of him. But a frowzy, fishy smell lingers in his room.

Related terms

• frouzy

Further reading

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