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Webster 1913 Edition


Fusty

Fusty

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Fustier
(#)
;
sup
erl.
Fustiest
.]
[See
2d Fust
.]
1.
Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.
“A fusty nut.” “Fusty plebeians.”
Shak.
2.
Moping.
[Archaic]
A melancholy,
fusty
humor.
Pepys.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fusty

FUST'Y

,
Adj.
[See Fust.] Moldy; musty; ill smelling; rank; rancid.

Definition 2024


fusty

fusty

English

Alternative forms

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.

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