MUSTY

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.

2.
a.

Spoiled by age; rank; stale. The proverb is somewhat musty. Shak.

3.
a.

Dull; heavy; spiritless. "That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation." Addison.


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