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What (who) is mustiness - definition


Mustiness      
·noun The quality or state of being musty.
musty      
a.
1.
Mouldy, fusty, sour, fetid, rank, foul, spoiled, stale, frowzy.
2.
Stale, old, hackneyed, trite, threadbare.
3.
Vapid, ill-flavored, stale, insipid.
4.
Dull, heavy, spiritless, rusty.
Musty      
·noun Dull; heavy; spiritless.
II. Musty ·noun Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
III. Musty ·noun 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.
Examples of use of mustiness
1. Other shows this summer have that same cozy, cheesy mustiness÷ primordial tastes packaged as novelty.
2. Nevertheless, we live in an era when vice (the very word having acquired a fusty, old–fashioned mustiness) has been abundantly recast as disability.
3. Giant mole aside, the waterpowered railway was out of action, the play equipment was slippy and there was the sort of muddy, smokey mustiness you find at eco–warrior campsites.