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Fusty

//ˈfʌsti// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Moldy or musty.
  2. 2
    Stale-smelling or stuffy.

    "I rather vvonder vvhat Charms a VVoman of any Spirit can fancy in a Nunnery, in vvatching, vvorking, praying, and ſometimes, I am afraid, vviſhing for other Company than that of an old fuſty Friar— […]"

  3. 3
    Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update. broadly, figuratively

    "In contrast to exploitation or suppression or even alienation, involution is presented as part of the natural order of things—like bad weather. You can’t point fingers at an abstraction or rally against a fusty term from an anthropology text."

  4. 4
    Tasting of the cask.

    "Now consider what happens when that flavor is not fresh lemon but scorched garlic or some fusty wine. Unpleasant flavors are distributed at the same molecular level as good ones."

Adjective
  1. 1
    old-fashioned and out of date wordnet
  2. 2
    stale and unclean smelling wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English fusty, equivalent to fust + -y. Compare Scots foosty.

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