a fusty smell

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• fusty — [fus′tē] adj. fustier, fustiest [< fust, a musty smell < Early ModE, a cask (ME foist) < OFr cask, orig. tree trunk < L fustis, wooden stick] 1. smelling stale or stuffy; musty; moldy 2. not up to date; old fashioned; conservative… …   English World dictionary

• fusty — [[t]fʌ̱sti[/t]] fustier, fustiest 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe something or someone as fusty, you disapprove of them because they are old fashioned in attitudes or ideas. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand… …   English dictionary

• fusty — fus|ty [ˈfʌsti] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: fust wooden wine container (15 16 centuries), from Old French, from Latin fustis; FUSTIAN] 1.) if rooms, clothes, buildings etc are fusty, they have an unpleasant smell, because they have not been… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fusty — adjective 1 if rooms, clothes, buildings etc are fusty, they have an unpleasant smell, because they have not been used for a long time 2 informal ideas or people that are fusty are old fashioned: These fusty ideas about education should be… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fusty — fustily, adv. fustiness, n. /fus tee/, adj., fustier, fustiest. 1. having a stale smell; moldy; musty: fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing. 2. old fashioned or out of date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like: They still live in… …   Universalium

• fusty — fust·y || fÊŒstɪ adj. smelling of mildew, having a musty smell, stuffy; old fashioned, conservative …   English contemporary dictionary

• fusty — fus•ty [[t]ˈfʌs ti[/t]] adj. ti•er, ti•est 1) having a stale smell 2) old fashioned; out of date 3) stubbornly conservative; fogyish • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME, =fust < OF: wine cask, tree trunk (< L fūstis stick, pole) + y fus′ti•ly, adv.… …   From formal English to slang

• fusty — /ˈfʌsti / (say fustee) adjective (fustier, fustiest) 1. mouldy; musty; having a stale smell; stuffy. 2. old fashioned or conservative. 3. stubbornly old fashioned and out of date. {Middle English, from Old French fust wine cask, log, from Latin… …  

• malodorous — malodorous, stinking, fetid, noisome, putrid, rank, rancid, fusty, musty mean having an unpleasant smell. Malodorous is the general term which is referable to any smell of this character, from one that is noticeably unpleasant to one that is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• malodorous — adjective Date: 1850 1. having a bad odor 2. highly improper < malodorous practices and chicanery in high financial places New Republic > • malodorously adverb • malodorousness noun Synonyms: malodorous, stinking …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Fetor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fetor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fetor fetor Sgm: N 1 bad bad &c. >Adj. smell bad odor Sgm: N 1 stench stench stink Sgm: N 1 foul odor foul odor malodor …   English dictionary for students