frowsy
adj/ˈfɹaʊ.zi/
Etymology
Unknown, but perhaps related to the dialectal adjective frowsty. Attested since the 1680s.
Definitions
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.
- Having, like Jude, made rather a hasty toilet to catch the train, Arabella looked a little frowsy, and her face was very far from possessing the animation which had characterized it at the bar the night before.
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