FUSTINESS, FUSTY
ADJECTIVES
► FEISTY fusty, close; mouldy, injured by damp → 1900 Eng. dial.
► KINEY fusty, tainted → 1901 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► FEIST a smell of fustiness or closeness → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FEISTINESS fustiness → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► FUSTICATE to make fusty or musty; to stay in a close stuffy atmosphere → 1839
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