fusty
adjective
having a stale smell; moldy; musty.
fustiness
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a word derived from
fusty.
Example Sentences
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On those journeys of bludgeoning and self-discovery, he ministers to the devastated, his progressivism gently protecting people from bigots and wearing down Geordie’s fustiness.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 18, 2019
The prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street reflects the fustiness of a weakened empire: dowdy furnishings, corridors lined in linoleum, a cramped attic for advisers stranded overnight.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
Merchants on Main takes the antiques-mall arrangement and removes the fustiness and creepy dolls.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2017
If directors of historical drama want to know how to thwart accusations of fustiness or of anachronism, they should look at what Cairns has done.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2012
She expects fustiness, an elderly funk, but the room smells mildly of soap and books and dried seaweed.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
