frowst

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/fɹaʊst/(UK)

Definition of frowst

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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.”

verb

  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;”
    “[…] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies.”

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Etymology

Back-formation from frowsty.

Hooks

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