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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