FUSTY


Meaning of FUSTY in English

adj. (fustier, fustiest) 1 stale-smelling, musty, mouldy. 2 stuffy, close. 3 antiquated, old-fashioned. fustily adv. fustiness n.

[ ME f. OF fusté smelling of the cask f. fust cask, tree-trunk, f. L fustis cudgel ]

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