mustiness
mustiness noun: the characteristic of being musty.
Noun
mustiness (countable and uncountable, plural mustinesses)
- 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.1933, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter I, in The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published 1934, →OCLC, page 1
mustiness meaning in Tamil and Bengali
mustiness in Tamil
- பாண்டல், பதனழிதல்
mustiness in Bengali
- সতঁসেতে হওয়ার বৈশিষ্ট্য
Forms of mustiness
| plural | mustinesses |
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Origin of mustiness
From musty + -ness.
Questions about mustiness
- What does mustiness mean?
- Mustiness means the characteristic of being musty.
- What is mustiness in Tamil?
- Mustiness in Tamil is பாண்டல், பதனழிதல். See Mustiness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mustiness?
- Mustiness is a noun.
- What is the plural of mustiness?
- The plural of mustiness is mustinesses.
Words near mustiness in the dictionary
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