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fustiness

fustiness noun: the quality of being fusty.

Noun

fustiness (usually uncountable, plural fustinesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being fusty.
    • […] I was running away from drabness, fustiness, snobbery, the claustrophobia of close horizons, and from my inability, although I am quite an attractive rat, to make headway in the rat-race.1980 [1962], Ian Fleming, chapter 1, in The Spy Who Loved Me, →ISBN, page 3
    • [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson, review: A skilful account of T. E. Lawrence and his role in the...

Forms of fustiness

pluralfustinesses

Origin of fustiness

From fusty + -ness.

Questions about fustiness

What does fustiness mean?
Fustiness means the quality of being fusty.
What part of speech is fustiness?
Fustiness is a noun.
What is the plural of fustiness?
The plural of fustiness is fustinesses.

Words near fustiness in the dictionary

  1. fustilarians
  2. fustilug
  3. fustilugs
  4. fustily
  5. fustin
  6. fustiness
  7. fustinesses
  8. fusting
  9. fustoc
  10. Fuston
  11. Fustons

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