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. Harvey.
Spoiled by age; rank; stale. The proverb is somewhat musty. Shak.
Dull; heavy; spiritless. "That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation." Addison.
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