frowzyadj.

Brit.

/ˈfraʊzi/, U.S.

/ˈfraʊzi/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s frouzy, 1700s–1800s frowsy, (1800s frousy).

Etymology: Perhaps cognate with frowsty adj., or with some of the other words there referred to. Compare also frowze n.

1. Ill-smelling, fusty, musty; having a ‘close’ unpleasant smell from being dirty, unwashed, ill-ventilated, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

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

fustya1529

mustya1529

fat1598

frowzy1681

musty-smelling1852

musty-fusty1857

1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iv. i. 41 An overgrown Deputy of the Ward, though a frowzy Fellmonger.

a1700 J. Dryden in Faction Display'd & Moderation Display'd (1704) 15 With Frowzy Pores, that taint the ambient Air.

1773 B. Franklin Let. 14 July in Wks. (1887) V. 198 It is the frouzy, corrupt air from animal substances.

a1802 Strutt Bumpkin's Disaster (1808) 19 Is pinching frowzy wenches in their bed Fit sport for spirits?

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvi. 143 By the steams of moist acts of parliament and frowzy petitions.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 218 In his weeks my study was so frowsy, I couldn't sit in it.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. iii. 252 Another Greek convent, said to be frowzier, if possible, than that of Csalho.

2. Having a dirty, untidy, soiled, neglected appearance (like e.g. unkempt hair); dingy, rusty, slatternly, unkempt. Of the complexion: Red and coarse, blowzy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean

ungoderlyc1400

sluttish?1529

squalid1596

scrubbing1603

sordid1611

snotty1681

frowzy1710

grub1719

seedy1725

unkempt1838

grubby1844

crumby1859

ratty1867

scruffy1871

scrutty1914

scummy1932

ribby1936

raunchy1937

sleazy1941

scroungy1948

manky1958

skanky1963

grungy1965

scungy1966

scuzzy1969

scrungy1974

skeevy1976

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > and coarse

frowzy1710

blowzed1766

blowzy1778

blossom-faced1865

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] > of person, clothes, etc.

rowsey1565

slovenlya1568

sloven-like1569

uncompta1641

frowzy1710

blowzed1766

blowzyc1770

tousy1786

frowzled1808

sloven1821

hashy1825

tously1832

tousled1847

tuzzy-muzzy1847

unsleek1859

tousled-looking1860

slouchy1864

scraggly1869

frowzly1872

sploshy1881

schlumpy1956

streelish1974

1710 Apparition 7 A frowzy high-crown'd Hat his face did hide.

1727 J. Swift Progress of Beauty in Misc. Last vol. ii. 247 A frowzy dirty-colour'd Red Sits on her cloudy wrinkled Face.

1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 53 His Woman of a..sun-burnt frowsy Complexion.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 42 See! on the floor, what frowzy patches rest!

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 530 The frowzy hostess would complain.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii. 85 Hair..hanging in a frowzy fringe about his ears.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 47 There were frowzy fields, and cowhouses..at the very door of the Railway.

1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. ii. ii. 96 [He] produced from the pocket..three frowsy acidulated drops.

1882 Chambers's Jrnl. 90 A pony would be shoving its frowzy brow against its master's shoulder.

1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Frouzy, blouzy, with disordered and uncombed hair.

figurative.1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xciv. 55 A clumsy frowzy poem, call'd the ‘Excursion’, Writ in a manner which is my aversion.1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 245 Even the frowsy military board—composed of several very old and feeble Company's officers of the last century—was frightened into something like activity.

Compounds

frowzy-headed adj.

ΚΠ

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career iv. 53 Frowzy-headed men passed him in the yard.

1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 60 A frowsy-headed woman.

Derivatives

ˈfrowziness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fustiness

fustiness1526

mustiness1526

foistiness1576

frowziness1729

foist1819

funkiness1843

frowstiness1923

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun] > and meanness

squalor1621

sorditude1623

sordidness1656

squalidity1668

squalidness1727

frowziness1729

sordor1823

seediness1832

fluffiness1860

grubbiness1866

crumbiness1949

raunch1952

scruffiness1974

grunginess1978

scuzziness1980

grottiness1984

1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. i. 41 The Frowsiness of the Place, and the ill Scents of different kinds, are a perpetual Nuisance.

1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 106 That species of high conventual frowziness which monastic habits and garments are not a little apt to engender.

1881 Daily News 7 Dec. 5/3 They regard..the frowziness of our [railway-carriage] accommodation with contempt.

1893 Temple Bar Oct. 197 He loves to have his room reeking with heat and frowsiness.

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

单词	frowzy
释义	frowzyadj. Brit. /ˈfraʊzi/, U.S. /ˈfraʊzi/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s frouzy, 1700s–1800s frowsy, (1800s frousy). Etymology: Perhaps cognate with frowsty adj., or with some of the other words there referred to. Compare also frowze n. 1. Ill-smelling, fusty, musty; having a ‘close’ unpleasant smell from being dirty, unwashed, ill-ventilated, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > fusty or musty > of air or atmosphere fustya1529 mustya1529 fat1598 frowzy1681 musty-smelling1852 musty-fusty1857 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iv. i. 41 An overgrown Deputy of the Ward, though a frowzy Fellmonger. a1700 J. Dryden in Faction Display'd & Moderation Display'd (1704) 15 With Frowzy Pores, that taint the ambient Air. 1773 B. Franklin Let. 14 July in Wks. (1887) V. 198 It is the frouzy, corrupt air from animal substances. a1802 Strutt Bumpkin's Disaster (1808) 19 Is pinching frowzy wenches in their bed Fit sport for spirits? 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvi. 143 By the steams of moist acts of parliament and frowzy petitions. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 218 In his weeks my study was so frowsy, I couldn't sit in it. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. iii. 252 Another Greek convent, said to be frowzier, if possible, than that of Csalho. 2. Having a dirty, untidy, soiled, neglected appearance (like e.g. unkempt hair); dingy, rusty, slatternly, unkempt. Of the complexion: Red and coarse, blowzy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean ungoderlyc1400 sluttish?1529 squalid1596 scrubbing1603 sordid1611 snotty1681 frowzy1710 grub1719 seedy1725 unkempt1838 grubby1844 crumby1859 ratty1867 scruffy1871 scrutty1914 scummy1932 ribby1936 raunchy1937 sleazy1941 scroungy1948 manky1958 skanky1963 grungy1965 scungy1966 scuzzy1969 scrungy1974 skeevy1976 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > and coarse frowzy1710 blowzed1766 blowzy1778 blossom-faced1865 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] > of person, clothes, etc. rowsey1565 slovenlya1568 sloven-like1569 uncompta1641 frowzy1710 blowzed1766 blowzyc1770 tousy1786 frowzled1808 sloven1821 hashy1825 tously1832 tousled1847 tuzzy-muzzy1847 unsleek1859 tousled-looking1860 slouchy1864 scraggly1869 frowzly1872 sploshy1881 schlumpy1956 streelish1974 1710 Apparition 7 A frowzy high-crown'd Hat his face did hide. 1727 J. Swift Progress of Beauty in Misc. Last vol. ii. 247 A frowzy dirty-colour'd Red Sits on her cloudy wrinkled Face. 1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 53 His Woman of a..sun-burnt frowsy Complexion. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 42 See! on the floor, what frowzy patches rest! 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 530 The frowzy hostess would complain. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii. 85 Hair..hanging in a frowzy fringe about his ears. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 47 There were frowzy fields, and cowhouses..at the very door of the Railway. 1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. ii. ii. 96 [He] produced from the pocket..three frowsy acidulated drops. 1882 Chambers's Jrnl. 90 A pony would be shoving its frowzy brow against its master's shoulder. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Frouzy, blouzy, with disordered and uncombed hair. figurative.1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xciv. 55 A clumsy frowzy poem, call'd the ‘Excursion’, Writ in a manner which is my aversion.1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 245 Even the frowsy military board—composed of several very old and feeble Company's officers of the last century—was frightened into something like activity. Compounds frowzy-headed adj. ΚΠ 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career iv. 53 Frowzy-headed men passed him in the yard. 1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 60 A frowsy-headed woman. Derivatives ˈfrowziness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fustiness fustiness1526 mustiness1526 foistiness1576 frowziness1729 foist1819 funkiness1843 frowstiness1923 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun] > and meanness squalor1621 sorditude1623 sordidness1656 squalidity1668 squalidness1727 frowziness1729 sordor1823 seediness1832 fluffiness1860 grubbiness1866 crumbiness1949 raunch1952 scruffiness1974 grunginess1978 scuzziness1980 grottiness1984 1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. i. 41 The Frowsiness of the Place, and the ill Scents of different kinds, are a perpetual Nuisance. 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 106 That species of high conventual frowziness which monastic habits and garments are not a little apt to engender. 1881 Daily News 7 Dec. 5/3 They regard..the frowziness of our [railway-carriage] accommodation with contempt. 1893 Temple Bar Oct. 197 He loves to have his room reeking with heat and frowsiness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1681
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