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Frouzy

Frouzy \Frou"zy\, a. [Prov. E. frouzy froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or smell; cf. froust a musty smell, frouse to rumple, frouze to curl, and E. frounce, frowy.] Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy. ``Petticoats in frouzy heaps.''
--Swift.

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frouzy

a. 1 fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight 2 slovenly; dingy

Usage examples of "frouzy".

Neither was it a poor caravan drawn by a single donkey or emaciated horse, for a pair of horses in pretty good condition were released from the shafts and grazing on the frouzy grass.