Fusty vs Fusts - What's the difference?

fusty | fusts |


As an adjective fusty

is moldy or musty.

As a verb fusts is

(fust).

fusty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Moldy or musty.
  • Stale-smelling or stuffy.
  • (figuratively, by extension) old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
  • (of wine) Tasting of the cask.

    • Quotations

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    Derived terms

    * fustily * fustiness

    fusts

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fust)

    • fust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To decay.
  • * 1602 : , act IV scene 4
    • Sure he that made us with such large discourse
    Looking before and after, gave us not
    That capability and godlike reason
    To fust in us unused.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong musty smell; mustiness.

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