Fusty Definition

fŭstē
fustier, fustiest
adjective
fustier, fustiest
Smelling stale or stuffy; musty; moldy.
Webster's New World
Not up-to-date; old-fashioned; conservative.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
(of wine) Tasting of the cask.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Fusty

Adjective

Base Form:
fusty
Comparative:
fustier
Superlative:
fustiest

Origin of Fusty

  • Middle English from Old French fust piece of wood, wine cask from Latin fūstis stick, club

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French fust (“wood”) (modern French fût), from Latin fustis (“a cudgel”)

    From Wiktionary

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