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Definition of Frouzy
1. a. Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy.
Definition of Frouzy
1. Adjective. fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight ¹
2. Adjective. slovenly; dingy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frouzy
1. frowzy [adj -ZIER, -ZIEST] - See also: frowzy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frouzy
Literary usage of Frouzy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1863)
"... or it, made him, or it, to be altered for the worse in odour, ill-smelling,
or frouzy, (K,) or unperfumed. ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"frouzy, adj. (1) Froward; peevish; crusty. (2) Offensive to the eye or smell.
Kent. ... I look frouzy this morning, 'ad, I must leave oft this drinking, ..."
3. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"... when he was suddenly confronted by a frouzy-headed small girl, who had got
into the apartment, it seemed to him—for he had no notice of her entrance—by ..."
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