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mustiness

noun

Etymology

From musty + -ness.

  1. derived from moiste
  2. inherited from mosty
  3. derived from *mews-✻ — “damp; moss”
  4. derived from mustum — “unfermented or partially fermented grape juice, must; new wine”
  5. derived from mūceō — “to be mouldy or musty”
  6. derived from mūcidus — “mouldy, musty”
  7. derived from *mucidus✻
  8. derived from moiste — “clammy, damp, moist, wet”
  9. derived from muste
  10. inherited from musty
  11. suffixed as mustiness — “musty + ness”

Definitions

  1. The characteristic of being musty.

    • But during those two years for some reason or other the house had fallen into premature and rapid decay. With a very few months an air of mustiness began to hang over the once palatial residence of the rich foreign financier.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA