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

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Other Word Forms of Fusty

Base Form:

fusty

Comparative:

fustier

Superlative:

fustiest

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”)

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