fustiness

  • 11fusty — adjective (fustier; est) Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English foisted, foist musty, from foist wine cask, from Anglo French fust, fuist wood, tree trunk, cask, from Medieval Latin fustis Date: 14th century 1. British impaired by age… …

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  • 12fusty — 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 old fashioned or out of date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like: They still live in… …

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  • 13Gorey, Edward — ▪ American writer and illustrator in full  Edward St. John Gorey  born February 22, 1925, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died April 15, 2000, Hyannis, Mass.       American writer, illustrator, and designer, noted for his arch humour and gothic sensibility.… …

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  • 14Mondetta Clothing Company — Mondetta is a Canadian casual and sportswear design and manufacturing company. The brand is best known for its world flag themed apparel. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Mondetta has three main divisions: Mondetta, MPG and private label.… …

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  • 15banality — Synonyms and related words: banalness, bromide, chestnut, cliche, commonness, commonplace, commonplace expression, commonplaceness, corn, corniness, familiar tune, familiarness, fustiness, hackneyed saying, hackneyedness, lieu commun, locus… …

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  • 16cliche — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, banality, banalness, bathetic, bromide, byword, catch phrase, catchword, chestnut, cliched, commonness, commonplace, commonplace expression, commonplaceness, corn, corniness, cry, fad word, familiar tune,… …

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  • 17commonness — Synonyms and related words: Attic simplicity, accustomedness, averageness, banality, banalness, baseness, chasteness, classical purity, cliche, coarseness, common occurrence, commonality, commonplaceness, confirmedness, conventionality, corniness …

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  • 18mildew — Synonyms and related words: biodegradability, biodegradation, blast, blight, break up, breakup, cancer, canker, corrosion, corrupt, corruption, crumble, crumble into dust, decay, decompose, decomposition, degradability, degradation, dilapidation …

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  • 19must — Synonyms and related words: absolute, allegiance, assigned task, bare necessities, be forced, be in for, be necessary, be obliged, binding, blast, blight, bounden duty, burden, burning, business, call for, call of duty, cancer, canker, cannot do… …

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  • 20mustiness — Synonyms and related words: banality, banalness, cliche, commonness, commonplaceness, corniness, familiarness, fetidity, fetidness, foulness, frowst, frowstiness, frowziness, funkiness, fustiness, hackneyedness, malodorousness, mildew, moldiness …

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