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frowzy

/ˈfɹaʊzi/

frowzy is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of frowzy

comparativefrowzier
superlativefrowziest

Words formed from frowzy

Words that rhyme with frowzy

Questions about frowzy

What is frowzy the alternative spelling of?
Frowzy is the alternative spelling of frowsy.
How do you pronounce frowzy?
Frowzy is pronounced /ˈfɹaʊzi/.

Words near frowzy in the dictionary

  1. frowziest
  2. frowzily
  3. frowziness
  4. frowzing
  5. frowzled
  6. frowzy
  7. Froxfield
  8. Froxfield and Privett
  9. froyo
  10. froyos
  11. frozar

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