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Webster 1913 Edition
Fusty
1.
Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.
“A fusty nut.” “Fusty plebeians.” Shak.
2.
Moping.
[Archaic]
A melancholy,
fusty
humor. Pepys.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fusty
FUST'Y
,Adj.
Definition 2024
fusty
fusty
English
Alternative forms
- foosty (Scots)
Adjective
fusty (comparative fustier, superlative fustiest)
- Moldy or musty.
- Stale-smelling or stuffy.
- (figuratively, by extension) old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
- (of wine) Tasting of the cask.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:fusty.
Derived terms
Translations
moldy or musty
stale-smelling or stuffy
old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
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