Word of the Day for Saturday, November 15, 2008
frowzy \FROW-zee\, adjective:
1. dirty and untidy; slovenly
2. smelling bad; musty
Chicago was like the perfect storm for the election -- it was the coming together of liberals with terrorist histories, Democrat operatives bent on winning at any price, and a city replete with frowzy panhandlers and dead people willing to vote early and vote often.
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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by 1681, possibly related to dialect form frowsty "smelly," of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Old English þroh "rancid"
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