different between gusty vs fusty

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???s.ti/

Etymology 1

From gust +? -y.

Adjective

gusty (comparative gustier, superlative gustiest)

1. (of wind) Blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
   • 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:

     The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,

     The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

     The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

     And the highwayman came riding—

     Riding—riding—

     The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

2. (by extension, metaphoric) Characterized by or occurring in instances of sudden strong expression
3. (metaphoric) Bombastic, verbose.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin gustus (“tasting”)

Adjective

gusty (comparative gustier, superlative gustiest)

1. With gusto

Derived terms

• gustily
• gustiness

Anagrams

• gutsy

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *g?st? (“dense”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian husty, Polish g?sty, Czech hustý, Serbo-Croatian g?st, and Russian ??????? (gustój)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ust?/

Adjective

gusty (comparative gus?ejšy, superlative nejgus?ejšy, adverb gusto)

1. thick, dense

Declension

Further reading

• gusty in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• gusty in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

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