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frowst en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /fɹaʊst/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Back-formation from frowsty.

Meanings

  1. Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.
    • I was pretty bad myself, but managed to move about all the time, for the frowst in my cabin would have sickened a hippo. 1916, John Buchan, Greenmantle:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frowsts Number=Plur lexicographic
froust alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

fustiness · stuffiness (stuffiness, stifling warmth)

Translations (13)

bg спарен въздух (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · mk за́дув (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · es tufo (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · bg задух (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · fr mofette (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · pl zaduch (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · ru спёртость (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · es mofeta (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · ru духота́ (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · fr touffeur (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · pl stęchlizna (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · pl duchota (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room) · es tufarada (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room)

frowst en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /fɹaʊst/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Back-formation from frowsty.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.
    • The cure for this ill is not to sit still, / Or frowst with a book by the fire; 1902, Rudyard Kipling, “(please specify the story)”, in Just So Stories: For Little Children, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC:
    • […] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies. 2016, John Owens, A Month of Sundays:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frowsts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
froust alternative lexicographic
frowsting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frowsted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frowsted Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (8)

fr s'enfermer (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room) · bg стоя на затворено (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room) · es encerrarse (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room) · fr se cloîtrer (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room) · es recluirse (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room) · es enclaustrarse (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room) · fr se calfeutrer (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room) · it turarsi (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room)