frowzled, ppl. a.
(ˈfraʊz(ə)ld)
Rumpled, tousled, dishevelled, frowzy. Also frowzly (ˈfraʊzlɪ) a. (in quots. frowsly), in similar sense.
| 1808 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 20 Sept. (1934) iii. 376 [His] enthusiasm caught fire & made him..rub his frouzled Crop till every hair stood erect. 1872 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 111 Both these Fräuleins had short frowsly hair. 1901 Harper's Mag. CII. 665/1 Look at the poor thing's hair! Only see how frowsly it is. |