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mustiness (noun)

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  • mustiness — musty ► ADJECTIVE (mustier, mustiest) 1) having a stale or mouldy smell or taste. 2) unoriginal or outdated. DERIVATIVES mustiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of moisty moist …   English terms dictionary

  • mustiness — noun see musty …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mustiness — noun The characteristic of being musty …   Wiktionary

  • mustiness — noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy • Syn: ↑must, ↑moldiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑moldy (for: ↑moldiness), ↑musty (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • musty — adjective (mustier; est) Etymology: 4must Date: 1530 1. a. impaired by damp or mildew ; moldy b. tasting of mold c. smelling of damp and decay ; fusty 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • musty — adjective (mustier, mustiest) 1》 having a stale or mouldy smell or taste. 2》 unoriginal or outdated. Derivatives mustily adverb mustiness noun Origin C16: perh. an alt. of moisty moist …   English new terms dictionary

  • musty — adjective a musty room, house, or object has a damp and unpleasant smell, because it is old and has not had any fresh air for a long time: musty old books | the stale musty smell of the attic mustiness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • musty — UK [ˈmʌstɪ] / US adjective Word forms musty : adjective musty comparative mustier superlative mustiest smelling unpleasant and not fresh The room had a musty smell. Derived word: mustiness noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • musty — /ˈmʌsti / (say mustee) adjective (mustier, mustiest) 1. having a smell or flavour suggestive of mould, as old buildings, long closed rooms, food, etc. 2. made stale by time, or antiquated: musty laws. 3. dull; apathetic. {variant of moisty (from… …  

  • musty — ► ADJECTIVE (mustier, mustiest) 1) having a stale or mouldy smell or taste. 2) unoriginal or outdated. DERIVATIVES mustiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of moisty moist …   English terms dictionary

  • moldiness — noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy • Syn: ↑mustiness, ↑must • Derivationally related forms: ↑moldy, ↑musty (for: ↑must), ↑musty ( …   Useful english dictionary

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