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   fus·ty

   /ˈfəstē/

   adjective

   • 1. smelling stale, damp, or stuffy: "the fusty odor of decay" Similar stuffymustystalestagnantairlessunventilatedclosesuffocatingoppressivemolderingdampmildewedmildewyfrowstydialect:claggyOpposite airyventilated
   • ▪ old-fashioned in attitude or style: "grammar in the classroom became a fusty notion" Similar old-fashionedout of dateoutdatedbehind the timesantediluvianbackward-lookingpast itcrustyfogeyishinformal:squareout of the arkcreakymoldyOpposite modernup-to-date

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Old French fuste ‘smelling of the cask’, from fust ‘cask, tree trunk’, from Latin fustis ‘cudgel’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fustily adverb
   • 2. fustiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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