Definitions
old-fashioned and out of date
Word origin
From Middle English fusty, equivalent to fust + -y. Compare Scots foosty.
Used in a sentence
“I rather vvonder vvhat Charms a VVoman of any Spirit can fancy in a Nunnery, in vvatching, vvorking, praying, and ſometimes, I am afraid, vviſhing for other Company than that of an old fuſty Friar— […]”
“You always knew where to find him if he were wanted; he would be in his study with a book. Very likely it would be an old, old book, some fusty old thing that no one else would dream of reading.”
“A waiter took his box up five flights of stairs, and Philip was shown into a tiny room, fusty from unopened windows, the greater part of which was taken up by a large wooden bed with a canopy over it of red rep; […]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Musty or old-fashioned”5 letters
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