English

Etymology
back-form|frowsty

Pronunciation
a|US IPA|/frawst/

Noun
en-noun

1. stuffy|Stuffiness; stifle|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.

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To enjoy a warm, stuffy room.

#*1902, Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories
#*:The cure for this ill is not to sit still, / Or frowst with a book by the fire;

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