FUSTY

adj. (fustier, fustiest)

1. stale-smelling, musty, mouldy.

2 stuffy, close.

3 antiquated, old-fashioned.

Derivatives:

fustily adv. fustiness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF fust{eacute} smelling of the cask f. fust cask, tree-trunk, f. L fustis cudgel