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fusty
[ fuhs-tee ]
/ ĖfŹs ti /
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adjective, fusĀ·tiĀ·er, fusĀ·tiĀ·est.
having a stale smell; moldy; musty: fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing.
old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like: They still live in that fusty, gingerbread house.
stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned; fogyish.
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Origin of fusty
1350ā1400; Middle English fusti, equivalent to fust (noun) <Old French: wine cask, tree trunk (<Latin fÅ«stis stick, pole) + -y1
OTHER WORDS FROM fusty
fusĀ·tiĀ·ly, adverbfusĀ·tiĀ·ness, nounWords nearby fusty
fustanella, fustet, fustian, fustic, fustigate, fusty, fusula, fusuma, fut., Futabatei, Futcher's line
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British Dictionary definitions for fusty
fusty
/ (ĖfŹstÉŖ) /
adjective -tier or -tiest
smelling of damp or mould; musty
old-fashioned in attitude
Derived forms of fusty
fustily, adverbfustiness, nounWord Origin for fusty
C14: from fust wine cask, from Old French: cask, tree trunk, from Latin fūstis cudgel, club
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