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   Synonym Discussion of Fusty. impaired by age or dampness : moldy; saturated with dust and stale odors : musty; rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary… See the full definition

2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFUSTY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   2 meanings: 1. smelling of damp or mould; musty 2. old-fashioned in attitude.... Click for more definitions.

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   This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic data. It is split across two articles:

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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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   Definition of fusty in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of fusty. What does fusty mean? Information and translations of fusty in the most comprehensive ...

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   corrections and revisions to definitions, pronunciation, etymology, headwords, variant spellings, quotations, and dates; new senses, phrases, and quotations which have been added in subsequent print and online updates. Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into fusty, adj. in June 2024.

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   How many meanings are there for fusty?

   • There are sixmeanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective fusty, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

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   Where did the word fusty come from?

   • A long and winish road led fusty to English’s door. While that road is a bit obscured, evidence suggests that fusty comes from the Middle English noun foist, meaning “wine cask,” which in turn traces back to the Medieval Latin word fustis, meaning “tree trunk” or “wood.”

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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 does fusty mean in food?

   • Eventually, fusty was used across the culinary universe for any stale food, and especially for damp or moldy food. Those damp and moldy connotations later led fusty to be applied to musty places, and later still to anything that had lost its freshness and interest—that is, to anything old-fashioned.

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   What does fusty and musty mean?

   • fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age. Recent Examples on the Web The piece deepened the fault lines between Friedrich, the Romantic prince of sublimity and feeling, and the fusty rationalists who preceded him.

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   What does fusty wine mean?

   • Fusty itself originally described wine that had gone stale from sitting in the cask too long; fusty literally meant that the wine had the “taste of the cask.” Eventually, fusty was used across the culinary universe for any stale food, and especially for damp or moldy food.

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   Juvenile Water: In geography terms, water that is formed within the Earth and reaches the surface through an intrusive rock is called juvenile water. K. Kame: In a geography terms list, kame is a small ridge of sand and gravel, that is formed when the glacier melts.