frowzy
pronunciation
How to pronounce frowzy in British English:
UK ['fraʊzɪ]
How to pronounce frowzy in American English:
US [ˈfraʊzi]
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- Adjective:
- negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
Word Origin
- frowzy (adj.)
- also frowsy, 1680s, possibly related to dialectal frowsty (q.v.).
Example
- 1. At london I am pent up in frowzy lodgings , where there is no room to swing a cat .
- 2. If it is a reptile , and I suppose it is ; for it has frowzy hair and blue eyes , and looks like a reptile .