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Webster 1913 Edition
Musty
Mus′ty
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Mustier
; sup
erl.
Mustiest
.] 1.
Having the rank, pungent, offensive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy;
as,
musty
corn; musty
books. Harvey.
2.
Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
The proverb is somewhat
musty
. Shakespeare
3.
Dull; heavy; spiritless.
“That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation.” Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Musty
MUS'TY
,Adj.
1.
State; spoiled by age. The proverb is somewhat musty.
2.
Having an ill flavor; as musty wine.3.
Dull; heavy; spiritless. That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation.
Definition 2024
musty
musty
English
Adjective
musty (comparative mustier, superlative mustiest)
- Having a stale odor.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 12, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. […] It looked like a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone.
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Translations
having a stale odor