fusty
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fusty/ˈfʌsti/
▶adjective (fustier, fustiest)
- 1 smelling stale, damp, or stuffy.
- 2 old-fashioned.
– derivatives
fustily adverb,
fustiness noun.
fustily adverb,
fustiness noun.
– origin C15: from OFr. fuste ‘smelling of the cask’.
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