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English
Etymology
Compare froust (“a musty smell”), frouse (“to rumple”), frouze (“to curl”), frounce, frowy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frouzy (comparative more frouzy, superlative most frouzy)
- (British) froward, peevish, offensive to the eye or nose
- fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight
- slovenly; dingy
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