Fustiness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or quality of being fusty; an ill smell from moldiness, or moldiness itself.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being fusty
  • Word Usage
    "First comes the hippy California dad – long hair, screechy kids, lots of sunny white light; then the awkward writer, all tweedy fustiness with a sepia tint; and finally the designer, dressed in requisite black geek glasses and cool blue tones."
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