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mouldy

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mould·y  (mld)
adj. Chiefly British
Variant of moldy.
mouldy or US moldy
Adjective
[-dier, -diest]
1. covered with mould
2. stale or musty, esp. from age or lack of use
3. Slang dull or boring
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mouldymouldy - covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"
moldy, musty
stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
mouldy
adjective stale, spoiled, rotting, decaying, bad, rotten, blighted, musty, fusty, mildewed
Translations

mouldy (US), moldy [ˈməuldɪ] mould adj → moisi(e); [smell] → de moisi
mouldy [ˈməuldɪ] mould adj → schimmelig;
(smell) → moderig
mouldy, moldy [ˈməuldɪ] adj → ammuffito/a


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The air was mouldy and heavy with decay, while strings of fish-tails and of half-cleaned dog and crocodile skulls did not add to the wholesomeness of the place.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
And this reminds me that certain Englishmen, who long ago were accidentally left in Greenland by a whaling vessel --that these men actually lived for several months on the mouldy scraps of whales which had been left ashore after trying out the blubber.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
During the transit, he sat with raised glasses in the frosty chill and mouldy fetor of his chariot, and glanced out sidelong on the holiday face of things, the shuttered shops, and the crowds along the pavement, much as the rider in the Tyburn cart may have observed the concourse gathering to his execution.
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