frowst

noun, verb — 2 senses

frowst

noun

UK, US /fɹaʊst/

Etymology Back-formation from frowsty.

1

Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.

I was pretty bad myself, but managed to move about all the time, for the frowst in my cabin would have sickened a hippo.1916, John Buchan, Greenmantle:

Synonyms: stuffiness, fustiness

frowst

verb

Etymology Back-formation from frowsty.

1

To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.

The cure for this ill is not to sit still, / Or frowst with a book by the fire;1902, Rudyard Kipling, “(please specify the story)”, in Just So Stories: For Little Children, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC:
[…] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies.2016, John Owens, A Month of Sundays:

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