frowstとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• froust

語源

Back-formation from frowsty.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /fɹaʊst/
  • 韻: -aʊst

名詞

frowst (複数形 frowsts)

1. Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
   • 1916, John Buchan, Greenmantle

     I was pretty bad myself, but managed to move about all the time, for the frowst in my cabin would have sickened a hippo.

同意語

• (stuffiness; stifling warmth): stuffiness
• fustiness

動詞

frowst (三人称単数 現在形 frowsts, 現在分詞 frowsting, 過去形および過去分詞形 frowsted)

1. (intransitive) To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.
   • 1902, Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories

     The cure for this ill is not to sit still, / Or frowst with a book by the fire;