Frouzy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frouzy \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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