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Meaning of FROUZY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Frou"zy\, a. [Prov. E. frouzy froward, peevish,
offensive to the eye or smell; cf. froust a musty smell,
frouse to rumple, frouze to curl, and E. frounce, frowy.]
Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or
sight; slovenly; dingy. See {Frowzy}. ``Petticoats in frouzy
heaps.'' --Swift.
 
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