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Webster 1913 Edition


Frouzy

Frou′zy

,
Adj.
[Prov. E.
frouzy
froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or smell; cf.
froust
a musty smell, frouse to rumple, frouze to curl, and E.
frounce
,
frowy
.]
Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See
Frowzy
.
“Petticoats in frouzy heaps.”
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Frouzy

FROU'ZY

,
Adj.
Fetid; musty; rank; dim; cloudy.

Definition 2024


frouzy

frouzy

English

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
    Petticoats in frouzy heaps. Jonathan Swift.

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External links

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