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Foisty vs Fousty - What's the difference?

foisty | fousty |

As adjectives the difference between foisty and fousty

is that foisty is mouldy, musty, fusty while fousty is {{cx|Bristol|lang=en}} Fusty.

foisty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • mouldy, musty, fusty
  • * 1669 , John Worlidge, Systema agriculturae: The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered :
    • Thrash not Wheat to keep untill March, lest it prove foisty .
  • * 2000 , Samuel Bamford, Martin Hewitt, Robert Poole, The Diaries of Samuel Bamford , page 2:
    • Papers 150 years old, mildewed, rotten and stinking like muck; and mouldy foisty old books dating from 1638.

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    fousty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fusty.