Mustiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being musty. countable, uncountable

    "But during those two years for some reason or other the house had fallen into premature and rapid decay. With a very few months an air of mustiness began to hang over the once palatial residence of the rich foreign financier."

  2. 2
    the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy wordnet

Synonyms

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banalitybanalnessclichecommonnesscommonplacenesscorniness

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"But during those two years for some reason or other the house had fallen into premature and rapid decay. With a very few months an air of mustiness began to hang over the once palatial residence of the rich foreign financier."

Etymology

From musty + -ness.

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