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語源

Compare froust (“a musty smell”), frouse (“to rumple”), frouze (“to curl”), frounce, frowy.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹaʊzi/
• 韻: -aʊzi

形容詞

frouzy (comparative more frouzy, superlative most frouzy)

1. (Britain) froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or nose
2. fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight
3. slovenly; dingy
   • 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room

     Petticoats in frouzy heaps.

関連する語

• frowzy

Further reading

• frouzy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.