fustily

Variant of fusty

adjective fustier, fustiest

  1. smelling stale or stuffy; musty; moldy
  2. not up-to-date; old-fashioned; conservative

Origin: < fust, a musty smell < Early ModE, a cask (ME foist) < OFr cask, orig. tree trunk < L fustis, wooden stick

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