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What (who) is musty - definition
AMERICAN BASKETBALL PLAYER (1937-2004)
Rudolph A. LaRusso
musty
Something that is musty smells old and damp.
...that terrible musty smell.
= fusty
ADJ
musty
¦ adjective (mustier, mustiest)
1. having a stale or mouldy smell or taste.
2. unoriginal or outdated.
Derivatives
mustily adverb
mustiness noun
Origin
C16: perh. an alt. of moisty 'moist'.
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.
Wikipedia
Rudy LaRusso
Rudolph A. LaRusso (November 11, 1937 – July 9, 2004) was an American professional basketball player who was a five-time All-Star in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was nicknamed "Roughhouse Rudy."
Examples of use of musty
1. Once, researchers had to look through musty newspaper archives.
2. They meet every Tuesday in the musty upstairs room at American Legion Post #136.
3. In doing so, he has blown fresh air into the musty attic of conventional British literature.
4. P. has moved from rural Scotland into London‘s musty but comfortable Claremont Hotel.
5. It is musty, unloved by the current government and haunted by its poorhouse past.