fusty

English

Alternative forms

• foosty (Scots)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French fust (“wood”) (modern French fût), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fustis (“a cudgel”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌsti

Adjective

fusty (comparative fustier, superlative fustiest)

1. Moldy or musty.
2. Stale-smelling or stuffy.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
4. (of wine) Tasting of the cask.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fusty.

Derived terms

• fustily
• fustiness

Translations

moldy or musty

• Bulgarian: мухлясал (bg) (muhljasal)
• Finnish: homeinen (fi), tunkkainen (fi)
• German: modrig (de), muffig (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: μπαγιάτικος (el) (bagiátikos)
• Maori: kōpuru
• Romanian: muced (ro)

stale-smelling or stuffy

• Bulgarian: спарен (bg) (sparen), задушен (bg) (zadušen)
• Finnish: tunkkainen (fi)
• German: muffig (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: μπαγιάτικος (el) (bagiátikos)
• Maori: kurikuri

old-fashioned, refusing to change or update

• Bulgarian: старомоден (bg) (staromoden)
• Finnish: ummehtunut
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: veraltet (de), verstaubt (de)
• Spanish: apolillado (es), desfasado (es), trasnochado (es), viejuno (Spain, colloquial)

Anagrams

• yufts