frowstyadj.

Brit.

/ˈfraʊsti/, U.S.

/ˈfraʊsti/

Etymology: Of obscure origin; compare Old French frouste ruinous, decayed; also froughy adj., frowish adj.², frowzy adj.

Originally dialect.

Fusty; having an unpleasant smell. (In Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire, and Gloucestershire glossaries.) Also in combinations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > fusty or musty

fusty1398

musty1492

foisty1519

foistied1572

fusted1598

foughty1600

frowish1608

rafty1655

funkya1680

foisted1688

foist1691

frowsty1865

1865 Athenæum No. 1960. 678/1 Use it on his frowsty head.

1881 E. J. Worboise Sissie xvii When it is not only humble, but frowsty..you are apt to wish you were any~where else than at home!

1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) xiv. 195 A frowsty-looking man.

1924 F. Hurst Lummox §3. 10 She was kind enough in a frowsty way.

1927 Manch. Guardian Weekly 28 Jan. 75/2 The frousty, self-conscious hedonism of the swagger music-hall.

1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest iii. 25 Neither daylight nor fresh air could penetrate to lighten the frowsty atmosphere of our dormitories.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frowsty
释义	frowstyadj. Brit. /ˈfraʊsti/, U.S. /ˈfraʊsti/ Etymology: Of obscure origin; compare Old French frouste ruinous, decayed; also froughy adj., frowish adj.², frowzy adj. Originally dialect. Fusty; having an unpleasant smell. (In Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire, and Gloucestershire glossaries.) Also in combinations. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > fusty or musty fusty1398 musty1492 foisty1519 foistied1572 fusted1598 foughty1600 frowish1608 rafty1655 funkya1680 foisted1688 foist1691 frowsty1865 1865 Athenæum No. 1960. 678/1 Use it on his frowsty head. 1881 E. J. Worboise Sissie xvii When it is not only humble, but frowsty..you are apt to wish you were any~where else than at home! 1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) xiv. 195 A frowsty-looking man. 1924 F. Hurst Lummox §3. 10 She was kind enough in a frowsty way. 1927 Manch. Guardian Weekly 28 Jan. 75/2 The frousty, self-conscious hedonism of the swagger music-hall. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest iii. 25 Neither daylight nor fresh air could penetrate to lighten the frowsty atmosphere of our dormitories. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1865
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