frouzy

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/ˈfɹaʊzi/

adjective

froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or nose

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Meanings

adjectivefrouzy (comparative more frouzy, superlative most frouzy)

comparative more frouzy · superlative most frouzy

  1. UKfroward, peevish, offensive to the eye or nose
  2. fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight
  3. slovenly; dingy

    Petticoats in frouzy heaps.

    1730, Jonathan Swift, The Lady's Dressing Room

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with frouzy

lousyDalhousiedrowsyblowsy
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Cite this entry
APA

frouzy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frouzy

MLA

“frouzy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frouzy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frouzy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frouzy.

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