FROWSTY


Meaning of FROWSTY in English

/ ˈfraʊsti; NAmE / adjective

( BrE ) smelling bad because there is no fresh air

SYN fusty , musty :

a small frowsty office

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent. (originally dialect): variant of frowzy (of unknown origin).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.