the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a state of disorder; offensive to the eye; slovenly; soiled; dingy; unkempt; dirty: said especially of the dress or the hair.
Musty; rank; frowy.
Froward; peevish; surly.
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adj. negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
Word Usage
"And truly I saw Johnny Upright, and his good wife and fair daughters, and frowzy slavey, like so many ghosts flitting eastward through the gloom, the monster city roaring at their heels."