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adj
Of an atmosphere: not fresh; close, musty, stuffy; of an object: having a musty, stale odour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: frowsy, frowzy, fusty
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of a person: dull, slow; also, unkempt, untidy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: frowsy, frowzy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
stale and unclean smelling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fusty, musty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Origin unknown; possibly a variant of frowsy (frousy, frouzy, frowzy), etymology also unknown; and possibly related to Old French frouste (“decayed, in a state of ruin”). Compare also froughy, frow.
