a. dial. [of obscure origin; cf. OF. frouste ruinous, decayed; also FROUGHY, FROWISH, FROWZY.] Fusty; having an unpleasant smell. (In Berks., Oxf., Leic., and Glouc. glossaries.) .
1865. Athenæum, No. 1960. 678/1. Use it on his frowsty head.
1881. E. J. Worboise, Sissie, xvii. When it is not only humble, but frowsty … you are apt to wish you were anywhere else than at home!
