frouzy

American  

[frou-zee] / ˈfraʊ zi /

adjective

frouzier, frouziest

1. a variant of frowzy.

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Example Sentences

“Every morning,” says a newspaper correspondent, “in hail, rain or snow, the poet dons his frouzy cap and his frouzier slouch hat, and promenades for an hour or so, none daring to disturb him.”

From Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson by Parsons, Eugene

The apartment was looking somewhat frouzy, for the Maxwells breakfasted late, and the house-maid had not had time to put it in order.

From The Story of a Play A Novel by Howells, William Dean

The frouzy cotton was visible at other places—peeping through various rents both in jacket and trousers.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

It don't look much like what you got on your head, but I work a lot in the garden, and if I don't have somethin' on my head my hair gets all frouzy.

From Drusilla with a Million by Cooper, Elizabeth

Neither was it a poor caravan drawn by a single donkey or emaciated horse, for a pair of horses in pretty good condition were released from the shafts and grazing on the frouzy grass.

From The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles