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musty

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Musty  \Mus"ty\,  a.  [Compar.  {Mustier};  superl.  {Mustiest}.] 
  [From  L.  mustum  must  or  perh.  fr  E.  moist.  Cf  {Must},  n., 
  {Moist}.] 
  1.  Having  the  rank,  pungent,  offencive  odor  and  taste  which 
  substances  of  organic  origin  acquire  during  warm,  moist 
  weather;  foul  or  sour  and  fetid;  moldy;  as  musty  corn; 
  musty  books.  --Harvey. 
 
  2.  Spoiled  by  age;  rank;  stale. 
 
  The  proverb  is  somewhat  musty.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Dull;  heavy;  spiritless.  ``That  he  may  not  grow  musty  and 
  unfit  for  conversation.''  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  musty 
  adj  1:  covered  with  or  smelling  of  mold;  "moldy  bread";  "a  moldy 
  (or  musty)  odor"  [syn:  {moldy},  {mouldy}] 
  2:  stale  and  unclean  smelling  [syn:  {fusty},  {frowsty}]




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