frowst

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /fɹaʊst/

Noun

frowst (plural frowsts)

1. 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; stifling warmth) stuffiness
• fustiness

Translations

• French: touffeur, mofette
• Russian: духота́
• Spanish: tufo, tufarada, mofeta

Verb

frowst (frowsts, present participle frowsting; past and past participle frowsted)

1. (intransitive) 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;

Translations

• French: se calfeutrer, se cloîtrer, s'enfermer
• Italian: turarsi
• Spanish: encerrarse, enclaustrarse, recluirse

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