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Frowsty vs Frowst - What's the difference?

frowsty | frowst |

As an adjective frowsty

is (uk) musty; stuffy (atmosphere).

As a noun frowst is

stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.

As a verb frowst is

to enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.

frowsty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (UK) musty; stuffy (atmosphere)

    • frowst

    English

    Alternative forms

    * froust

    Noun

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

    • Synonyms

    * stuffiness * fustiness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.
  • *1902, Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories
  • *:The cure for this ill is not to sit still, / Or frowst with a book by the fire;