Obs. [f. frow, FROUGH a. + -ISH.] Frowzy, stale-smelling, fetid.
1608. Withals Dict., 286. He that is rank or frowish in savour, hircosus.
1688. Bunyan, Solomons Temple Spiritualized, xvii. Covetousness makes a Minister smell frowish, and look more like a greedy Dog, than an Apostle of Jesus Christ.