fusty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite stale and unclean smelling
    musty; frowsty.
  2. adjective satellite old-fashioned and out of date
    nonprogressive; unprogressive; standpat.

WordNet

Fusty adjective
Etymology
See 2d Fust.
Wordforms
comparative Fustier superlative Fustiest
Definitions
  1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. "A fusty plebeians." Shak.
  2. Moping. Archaic
    A melancholy, fusty humor. Pepys.

Webster 1913