fusty
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ti adjective, fus·ti·er, fus·ti·est.
1.
having a stale smell; moldy; musty: fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing.
2.
old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like: They still live in that fusty, gingerbread house.
3.
stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned; fogyish.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English fusti, equivalent to fust (noun) < Old French: wine cask, tree trunk (< Latin fūstis stick, pole) + -y1
1350–1400; Middle English fusti, equivalent to fust (noun) < Old French: wine cask, tree trunk (< Latin fūstis stick, pole) + -y1
Related forms
fus·ti·ly, adverb
fus·ti·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. close, stuffy, oppressive; smelly, malodorous.
1. close, stuffy, oppressive; smelly, malodorous.
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| —adj , -tier, -tiest | |
| 1. | smelling of damp or mould; musty |
| 2. | old-fashioned in attitude |
| [C14: from fust wine cask, from Old French: cask, tree trunk, from Latin fūstis cudgel, club] | |
| 'fustily | |
| —adv | |
| 'fustiness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
fusty
"stale-smelling," late 14c., from O.Fr. fusté "fusty, tasting of the cask," from O.Fr. fuist, "wine cask," originally "stick, stave," from L. fustis "staff, stick of wood."
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Example sentences
The fuming magicians with their fusty deceits ought to stop griping and get with the times.
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