The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
...fusty old carpets.
English dictionary. 2008.
Fusty — Fusty, a. [Compar. {Fustier}; superl. {Fustiest}.] [See {2d Fust}.] 1. Moldy; musty; ill smelling; rank. A fusty nut. Fusty plebeians. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Moping. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] A melancholy, fusty humor. Pepys. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fusty — stale smelling, late 14c., from O.Fr. fusté fusty, tasting of the cask, from O.Fr. fuist, wine cask, originally stick, stave, from L. fustis staff, stick of wood … Etymology dictionary
Fusty — (Fusti, engl., spr. Fosti), alles Beschädigte, Unbrauchbare an einer Waare. Daher Fustyrechnung (Fustirechnung), Abzug wegen des Schadhaften an einer Waare, od. wegen des Unbrauchbaren, so wegen zu viel Unreinigkeit, Staub etc. bei Kaffee,… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Fusty — (Stiele), Refactie, im Handel das Unbrauchbare oder Schadhafte einer Waare … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
fusty — index sordid, stale Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fusty — musty, rancid, *malodorous, putrid, fetid, stinking, noisome, rank Analogous words: *dirty, squalid, nasty, filthy, foul: slovenly, unkempt, disheveled, sloppy, *slipshod … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fusty — ► ADJECTIVE (fustier, fustiest) 1) smelling stale, damp, or stuffy. 2) old fashioned. DERIVATIVES fustiness noun. ORIGIN Old French fuste smelling of the cask … English terms dictionary
fusty — [fus′tē] adj. fustier, fustiest [< fust, a musty smell < Early ModE, a cask (ME foist) < OFr cask, orig. tree trunk < L fustis, wooden stick] 1. smelling stale or stuffy; musty; moldy 2. not up to date; old fashioned; conservative… … English World dictionary
fusty — UK [ˈfʌstɪ] / US adjective Word forms fusty : adjective fusty comparative fustier superlative fustiest 1) something that is fusty smells old, dusty, or damp 2) old fashioned in appearance, style, or attitude a grand rather fusty hotel … English dictionary
fusty — fus|ty [ˈfʌsti] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: fust wooden wine container (15 16 centuries), from Old French, from Latin fustis; FUSTIAN] 1.) if rooms, clothes, buildings etc are fusty, they have an unpleasant smell, because they have not been… … Dictionary of contemporary English
