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Frowzy

Frowzy \Frow"zy\, a. [See Frouzy.] Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy. ``With head all frowzy.''
--Spenser.

The frowzy soldiers' wives hanging out clothes.
--W. D. Howells.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
frowzy

also frowsy, 1680s, possibly related to dialectal frowsty (q.v.).

Wiktionary
frowzy

a. Alternative spelling of '''frowsy'''

WordNet
frowzy

  1. adj. negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance" [syn: frowsy, slovenly]

  2. [also: frowziest, frowzier]

Usage examples of "frowzy".

More than once he had caught a glimpse in the streets of the lank figure and the frowzy red head, but Carrots had no desire to meet Theo and he took good care to keep out of his way.

Before them strutted the frowziest Ossie of them all, inflating his huge chest with rhythmic, booming sounds.

In fact, the vertebrae of his spine locked like broken wing nuts, and his face was more haggard than his comrades', with a hint of sagittal crest running like an embossed central part in his frowzy hair.