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frowsty (iou)



frowsty adjective. Orig. dial. Also frousty. M19.
[Origin uncertain: cf. Old French frouste ruinous, decayed, FROUGHY, FROWZY.]
Fusty, stuffy; warm and ill-ventilated; frowzy.
C. Lassalle Their rooms had a frowsty, subterranean atmosphere.
frowstiness noun E20.