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frowz⋅y

  [frou-zee]
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–adjective, frowz⋅i⋅er, frowz⋅i⋅est.
1. dirty and untidy; slovenly.
2. ill-smelling; musty.
Also, frouzy.

Origin:
1675–85; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
frowz⋅i⋅ly, adverb
frowz⋅i⋅ness, noun
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frow·zy also frow·sy   (frou'zē)   
adj.   frow·zi·er also frow·si·er, frow·zi·est also frow·si·est
  1. Unkempt; slovenly: frowzy clothes; a frowzy professor.
  2. Having an unpleasant smell; musty: a frowzy pantry.

[Origin unknown.]
frow'zi·ness n.
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Frowzy

Frow"zy\, a. [See Frouzy.] Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy. "With head all frowzy." --Spenser.

The frowzy soldiers' wives hanging out clothes. --W. D. Howells.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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frowzy 
1681, possibly related to dial. frowsty "smelly," of uncertain origin, perhaps related to O.E. þroh "rancid."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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