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fusty

[ fuhs-tee ]

adjective

, fus·ti·er, fus·ti·est.
  1. having a stale smell; moldy; musty:

    fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing.

    Synonyms: malodorous, smelly, oppressive, stuffy, close

  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 old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like: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.


fusty

/ ˈfʌstɪ /

adjective

  1. smelling of damp or mould; musty
  2. old-fashioned in attitude


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Derived Forms

  • ˈfustily, adverb
  • ˈfustiness, noun

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Other Words From

  • fusti·ly adverb
  • fusti·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fusty1

1350–1400; Middle English fusti, equivalent to fust (noun) < Old French: wine cask, tree trunk (< Latin fūstis stick, pole) + -y 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fusty1

C14: from fust wine cask, from Old French: cask, tree trunk, from Latin fūstis cudgel, club

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Example Sentences

While they’ve mostly shed their fusty reputation, documentaries still give the impression of being more nutritious than the average TV treat.

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Any chance that fusty old uniform can get revamped into something more appropriately Batman-esque for the occasion?

I know, I know—I feel like a fusty old crank merely posing the question.

I've a good mind to buy the goose going home; but then if it should turn out fusty—I think I had better leave it for Mrs. C.

He is another 'rusty, fusty, musty old bachelor,' who lacks that 'company' which Misery is said to love.

He will also have to sleep at night in fusty rooms, which are often without beds, and are almost invariably teeming with insects.

And she grubs away at perfectly uncongenial work, and lives with this fusty old mother in a fusty little lodging-house.

There was a fusty little tavern down the street, full of laughing soldiers.

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