frowst
/fɹaʊst/
frowst noun: stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
Noun
frowst (plural frowsts)
- Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
- I was pretty bad myself, but managed to move about all the time, for the frowst in my cabin would have sickened a hippo.1916, John Buchan, Greenmantle
- Synonyms:
- stuffiness, fustiness
Verb
frowst (third-person singular simple present frowsts, present participle frowsting, simple past and past participle frowsted)
- To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.
- The cure for this ill is not to sit still, / Or frowst with a book by the fire;1902, Rudyard Kipling, “(please specify the story)”, in Just So Stories: For Little Children, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC
- […] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies.2016, John Owens, A Month of Sundays
Synonyms of frowst
Forms of frowst
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | frowsts |
| alternative form | froust |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | frowsts |
| present participle | frowsting |
| past participle | frowsted |
| past | frowsted |
Origin of frowst
Back-formation from frowsty.
Words that rhyme with frowst
Questions about frowst
- What does frowst mean?
- Frowst means stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
- What part of speech is frowst?
- Frowst can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce frowst?
- Frowst is pronounced /fɹaʊst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of frowst?
- The plural of frowst is frowsts.
Words near frowst in the dictionary
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