Associations to the word «Fusty»

Wiktionary

FUSTY, adjective. Moldy or musty.
FUSTY, adjective. Stale-smelling or stuffy.
FUSTY, adjective. (figuratively) (by extension) old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
FUSTY, adjective. (of wine) Tasting of the cask.

Dictionary definition

FUSTY, adjective. Stale and unclean smelling.
FUSTY, adjective. Old-fashioned and out of date.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne