fusty

  • 21fusty — see BEAT …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22fusty — fust·y || fÊŒstɪ adj. smelling of mildew, having a musty smell, stuffy; old fashioned, conservative …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 23fusty — adjective (fustier, fustiest) 1》 smelling stale, damp, or stuffy. 2》 old fashioned. Derivatives fustily adverb fustiness noun Origin C15: from OFr. fuste smelling of the cask …

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  • 24fusty — a. Musty, mouldy, rank, ill smelling, malodorous …

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  • 25fusty — adj 1. musty, moldy, mildewed, stale, stale smelling, sour, rancid, rank; stuffy, close, oppressive, unventilated; smelly, strong smelling, bad smelling, malodorous, Rare. mucid; fetid, gamy, noisome, me phitic, stinky. 2. old fashioned, out of… …

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  • 26fusty — fus·ty …

    English syllables

  • 27fusty — fus•ty [[t]ˈfʌs ti[/t]] adj. ti•er, ti•est 1) having a stale smell 2) old fashioned; out of date 3) stubbornly conservative; fogyish • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME, =fust < OF: wine cask, tree trunk (< L fūstis stick, pole) + y fus′ti•ly, adv.… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28fusty — /ˈfʌsti / (say fustee) adjective (fustier, fustiest) 1. mouldy; musty; having a stale smell; stuffy. 2. old fashioned or conservative. 3. stubbornly old fashioned and out of date. {Middle English, from Old French fust wine cask, log, from Latin… …

  • 29fusty — see BEAT …

    Word origins

  • 30fusty — adj. (fustier, fustiest) 1 stale smelling, musty, mouldy. 2 stuffy, close. 3 antiquated, old fashioned. Derivatives: fustily adv. fustiness n. Etymology: ME f. OF fusteacute smelling of the cask f. fust cask, tree trunk, f. L fustis cudgel …

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