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Definition of Fusty
1. Adjective. Stale and unclean smelling.
Similar to: Ill-smelling, Malodorous, Malodourous, Stinky, Unpleasant-smelling
Derivative terms: Must, Mustiness
2. Adjective. Old-fashioned and out of date.
Definition of Fusty
1. a. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.
Definition of Fusty
1. Adjective. moldy or musty ¹
2. Adjective. stale-smelling or stuffy ¹
3. Adjective. old-fashioned, refusing to change or update ¹
4. Adjective. (of wine) tasting of the cask ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fusty
1. musty [adj -TIER, -TIEST] : FUSTILY [adv] - See also: musty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fusty
Literary usage of Fusty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Sherwood also translates it in French by "Coche, femme bien grosse;" otherwise
I should have derived it from fusty and lugs, ie, musty enrs ; implying a ..."
2. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ...by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan (1823)
"fusty LUGOS. A beastly sluttish woman. Fuzz. To shuffle cards minutely ; also,
to change the pack. GAB, or GOB. The mouth. Gift of the gab ; a facility of ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"»MOULDY, musty, fusty. (.Scand.1 In Shak. i Hen. IV. ¡¡.4. 134. iii. 2. 119.
This is an extremely difficult word. It has probably been confused with mould ..."
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