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prettygoodword) wrote2010-01-28 07:33 am
prettygoodword) wrote2010-01-28 07:33 am
frowst
frowst (FROWST) - n., stuffiness in air, staleness, mustiness. v., to enjoy a warm, stuffy room
Backformation from frowsty, says the dictionary, which isn't very helpful as the trail ends there -- possibly altered from frowsy, but that's unknown origin. In any case, this is a good word for winter, as shut up rooms tend to accumulate frowst. I'd be careful with that verb, though -- it may have been Kipling's coinage.
---L.
Backformation from frowsty, says the dictionary, which isn't very helpful as the trail ends there -- possibly altered from frowsy, but that's unknown origin. In any case, this is a good word for winter, as shut up rooms tend to accumulate frowst. I'd be careful with that verb, though -- it may have been Kipling's coinage.
---L.
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I've heard of a misty moisty morning, but a frowsty frosty day is a new one!
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