FUSTY

fusty, standpat, unprogressive, nonprogressive

(adjective) old-fashioned and out of date

fusty, musty, frowsty

(adjective) stale and unclean smelling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

fusty (comparative fustier, superlative fustiest)

Moldy or musty.

Stale-smelling or stuffy.

(figuratively, by extension) Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.

(of wine) Tasting of the cask.

Anagrams

• yufts

Source: Wiktionary


Fusty, a. [Compar. Fustier; superl Fustiest.] Etym: [See 2d Fust.]

1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. "A fusty plebeians." Shak.

2. Moping. [Archaic] A melancholy, fusty humor. Pepys.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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