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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
“Petticoats in frouzy heaps.” Frowzy
. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Frouzy
FROU'ZY
,Adj.
Definition 2024
frouzy
frouzy
English
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
- Petticoats in frouzy heaps. — Jonathan Swift.
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External links
- frouzy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913