Stuffy, warm, and somewhat musty; characterized by stale air or a stuffy atmosphere.
Related to froust or frousy; British dialect or informal term describing the specific quality of a warm, enclosed space with stale air circulation.
Frousty is the perfect word for that specific British phenomenon of old houses that are warm but never quite get fresh air—cozy on the surface but fundamentally stuffy underneath.
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