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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)
- 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 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)
- (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.
- c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires
Related terms
- fusty
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