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fusty

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

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fusted

English

Etymology

fust +? -ed

Adjective

fusted (comparative more fusted, superlative most fusted)

  1. (obsolete) mouldy; having a bad smell
    • c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires
      Of fusted hoppes, now lost for lacke of sayle, / Or mo'ld browne-paper that could nought availe.

Related terms

  • fusty

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