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   fusty

   /ˈfʌsti/

   adjective

   • 1. smelling stale, damp, or stuffy: "the fusty odour of decay" Similar stuffymustystalestagnantairlessunventilatedclosesuffocatingoppressivemoulderingdampmildewedmildewyfrowstydialect:claggyOpposite airyventilated
   • ▪ old-fashioned in attitude or style: "grammar in the classroom became a fusty notion" Similar old-fashionedout of dateoutdatedbehind the timesantediluvianbackward-lookingpast itcrustyfogeyishinformal:squareout of the arkcreakymouldyOpposite modernup-to-date

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Old French fuste ‘smelling of the cask’, from fust ‘cask, tree trunk’, from Latin fustis ‘cudgel’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fustily adverb
   • 2. fustiness noun

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   What does fusty mean?

   • 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. Fusty definition: having a stale smell; moldy; musty. See examples of FUSTY used in a sentence.

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   Where did the word fusty come from?

   • Did you know? Fusty probably derives from the Middle English word foist, meaning "wine cask," which in turn traces to the Medieval Latin word fustis, meaning "tree trunk" or "wood." So how did fusty end up meaning "old-fashioned"?

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   What does fusty old mean?

   • If you describe something or someone as fusty, you disapprove of them because they are old-fashioned in attitudes or ideas. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music. A fusty place or thing has a smell that is not fresh or pleasant. ...fusty old carpets. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is a fusty room?

   • fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing. They still live in that fusty, gingerbread house. stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned; fogyish. 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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   The meaning of FUSTY is impaired by age or dampness : moldy. How to use fusty in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Fusty.

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   having a stale smell; moldy; musty: fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing. Synonyms: malodorous, smelly, oppressive, stuffy, close. old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like: They still live in that fusty, gingerbread house.

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   FUSTY definition: 1. not fresh and smelling unpleasant especially because of being left slightly wet: 2…. Learn more.

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   1. having a stale smell; moldy; musty. fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing. 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.

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   Use the adjective fusty to describe something that's covered with dust and smells a little old and musty. Your grandmother's attic is probably full of fusty knickknacks.

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   Fusty definition: having a stale smell; moldy; musty. See examples of FUSTY used in a sentence.