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mustied

mustied adjective: made musty. Also the simple past and past participle of musty.

Adjective

mustied (comparative more mustied, superlative most mustied)

  1. (obsolete) Made musty.
    • But ſeveral ſovving of VVheat at that time, becauſe 'tvvas the uſual time of doing of it, it lay in the Ground till Rain came, vvhich vvas the latter end of October firſt, and then but part of it came up neither, becauſe it was muſtied and ſpoiled vvith lying so long in the Ground; […]1708, J[ohn] Mortimer, “Of Sowing of Corn”, in The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […]...
    • The air in a cask is musty, or mustied, because it is bound or confined.1825, William Samuel Cardell, Essay on Language

Also used as

mustied is also the simple past and past participle of musty.

Forms of mustied

comparativemore mustied
superlativemost mustied

Origin of mustied

From musty + -ed.

Questions about mustied

What does mustied mean?
Mustied means made musty.
What part of speech is mustied?
Mustied is an adjective.

Words near mustied in the dictionary

  1. mustest
  2. musth
  3. musths
  4. musthy
  5. MUSTIE
  6. mustied
  7. mustier
  8. musties
  9. mustiest
  10. mustifino
  11. mustifinos

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