fustiness
31fusty — /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 stubbornly old fashioned and out of date.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… …
32fusty — ► ADJECTIVE (fustier, fustiest) 1) smelling stale, damp, or stuffy. 2) old fashioned. DERIVATIVES fustiness noun. ORIGIN Old French fuste smelling of the cask …
33fusty — [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… …
34cobweb — n. 1 a a fine network of threads spun by a spider from a liquid secreted by it, used to trap insects etc. b the thread of this. 2 anything compared with a cobweb, esp. in flimsiness of texture. 3 a trap or insidious entanglement. 4 (in pl.) a… …
35fug — n. & v. colloq. n. stuffiness or fustiness of the air in a room. v.intr. (fugged, fugging) stay in or enjoy a fug. Derivatives: fuggy adj. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn …
36fusty — adj. (fustier, fustiest) 1 stale smelling, musty, mouldy. 2 stuffy, close. 3 antiquated, old fashioned. Derivatives: fustily adv. fustiness n. Etymology: ME f. OF fusteacute smelling of the cask f. fust cask, tree trunk, f. L fustis cudgel …
