mouldiness
- a word derived from mouldy.
Example Sentences
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There was a mouldiness an’ a soppiness about it that beat the katticombs all to sticks.
From My Doggie and I by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
There seemed to be something in the aroma of the fine Havannahs as I lit one, too, that dispelled the lurking mouldiness of the old burial ground.
From A Queen's Error by Curties, Henry
The Episcopal church in Marblehead is one of its old landmarks, concurring fully, so far as outward appearance goes, in the prevailing mouldiness.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
You cannot help turning over twenty leaves at once, for they are all amalgamated in must and mouldiness.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
The cheek-bones were consumed by mouldiness, the eyes no longer possessed any lustre; but a flame shone above them in the eyeholes of the empty skull.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
