Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Frouzy \Frou"zy\, a. [Prov. E. frouzy froward, peevish,
   offensive to the eye or smell; cf. froust a musty smell,
   frouse to rumple, frouze to curl, and E. frounce, frowy.]
   Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or
   sight; slovenly; dingy. See {Frowzy}. ``Petticoats in frouzy
   heaps.'' --Swift.