different between fusty vs fuss

English

Alternative forms

• foosty (Scots)

Etymology

From Old French fust (“wood”) (modern French fût), from Latin fustis (“a cudgel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?sti/
• Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

fusty (comparative fustier, superlative fustiest)

1. Moldy or musty.
2. Stale-smelling or stuffy.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
4. (of wine) Tasting of the cask.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fusty.

Derived terms

• fustily
• fustiness

Translations

Anagrams

• yufts

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

fuss (countable and uncountable, plural fusses)

1. (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
   • 1882, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences
2. A complaint or noise; a scene.

3. An exhibition of affection or admiration.

Translations

Verb

fuss (third-person singular simple present fusses, present participle fussing, simple past and past participle fussed)

1. (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

   His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.

2. (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust

   Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.

3. (intransitive, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
4. (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
5. (transitive) To pet.

   He fussed the cat.

Usage notes

• Generally used with with, over, or about.

Translations

Derived terms

• fussbudget
• fussbutton
• fusspot
• fussy
• fuss and bother
• no muss no fuss

References

Anagrams

• USSF

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fussál

Etymology

fut (“to run”) +? -j (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fu??]
• Hyphenation: fuss
• Rhymes: -u??

Verb

fuss

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fut