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Definition of Mouldy
1. Adjective. Covered with or smelling of mold. "A moldy (or musty) odor"
Similar to: Stale
Derivative terms: Mold, Moldiness, Mould, Must, Mustiness
Definition of Mouldy
1. Adjective. Covered with mould. ¹
2. Adjective. Neglected. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mouldy
1. moldy [adj MOULDIER, MOULDIEST] - See also: moldy
Medical Definition of Mouldy
1. Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread. Origin: Moldier or Mouldier; Moldiest or Mouldiest] [From Mold the growth of fungi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mouldy
Literary usage of Mouldy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"This sb. is due to the ME verb maulen, to become mouldy, to putrefy or rot, ...
E. mouldy, and it is easy to see that the ab. was rea.ly due to this pp., ..."
2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1881)
"This bread, which was only forty-eight hours baked, was mouldy and covered with
cryptogamic vegetations. The men refused to eat it, and threw it away; ..."
3. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"mouldy meat is loathsome and suspicious. 3. It is not easy to decide once for
all concerning " luminous meat. ..."
4. The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1831)
"POISONING BY mouldy BREAD. Dr. Westerhoff attended, in 1826, ... Some time
afterward, several boatmen having eaten some mouldy rye bread were attacked with ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"This sb. is due to the ME verb maulen, to become mouldy, to putrefy or rot, ...
E. mouldy, and it is easy to see that the ab. was rea.ly due to this pp., ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1881)
"This bread, which was only forty-eight hours baked, was mouldy and covered with
cryptogamic vegetations. The men refused to eat it, and threw it away; ..."
7. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"mouldy meat is loathsome and suspicious. 3. It is not easy to decide once for
all concerning " luminous meat. ..."
8. The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1831)
"POISONING BY mouldy BREAD. Dr. Westerhoff attended, in 1826, ... Some time
afterward, several boatmen having eaten some mouldy rye bread were attacked with ..."
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