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frowsiest

frowsiest is the superlative form of frowsy.

Meaning of frowsy

Adjective

frowsy (comparative frowsier, superlative frowsiest)

  1. Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.
    • And then, ſo nice, and ſo genteel; / Such Cleanlineſs from Head to Heel: / No Humours groſs, or frowzy Steams, / No noiſom Whiffs, or ſweaty Streams, / Before, behind, above, below, / Could from her taintleſs Body flow.1731, [Jonathan Swift], “Strephon and Chloe”, in A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. […], Dublin; London: […] [William Bowyer] for J. Roberts […], published 1734, →OCLC, page 8

Questions about frowsiest

What is frowsiest the superlative form of?
Frowsiest is the superlative form of frowsy.

Words near frowsiest in the dictionary

  1. frows
  2. frowse
  3. frowsed
  4. frowses
  5. frowsier
  6. frowsiest
  7. frowsily
  8. frowsing
  9. frowst
  10. frowsted
  11. frowster

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