frowst

noun
/fɹaʊst/UK

Etymology

Back-formation from frowsty.

Definitions

  1. Stuffiness

    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.
  2. 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;
    • […] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA