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frowzy (iou)



frowzy adjective. Also (perh. infl. by FROWSTY) frowsy. L17.
[Prob. rel. to earlier FROUGHY and later FROWSTY; ult. origin unkn.]
Smelling fusty, stuffy, or stale from being dirty, unwashed, or unventilated. L17.
N. Coward Some frowsy little hotel.
Dirty, untidy, or neglected in appearance; slatternly, sluttish. E18.
K. A. Porter Badly buttoned and frowsy-haired.
frowzily adverb L17.
frowziness noun E18.