Definition?
2006-11-30 14:53:59 · 6 answers · asked by mrknositall 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It means a warm stuffy atmosphere in a room.
2006-11-30 14:56:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
frowst (plural frowsts)
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.
[edit] Intransitive verb
Infinitive
to frowst
Third person singular
frowsts
Simple past
frowsted
Past participle
frowsted
Present participle
frowsting
to frowst (third-person singular simple present frowsts, present participle frowsting, simple past frowsted, past participle frowsted)
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;
2006-11-30 15:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by Bethany 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...that's not a word. It's actually a made up word by which other words are presented.
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2006-11-30 14:56:51 · answer #3 · answered by Arthur Andrews. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Kentucky, that white stuff that appears in your freezer or on your car windshield on a very cold day.
2006-11-30 15:01:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hot stuffy fustiness
(http://www.allwords.com/word-frowst.html)
To laze and waste time (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=frowst)
stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frowst)
2006-11-30 15:16:01 · answer #5 · answered by sugar candy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
frowst
noun
1. Hot stuffy fustiness.
Derivative: frowsty
adj
Stuffy; stale-smelling.
Derivative: frowst
noun
Derivative: frowstiness
noun
Etymology: 19c.
2006-11-30 14:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by swtsvn1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋