mustiness

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must·y

(mŭs′tē)

adj. must·i·er, must·i·est

1. Stale or moldy in odor or taste.

a. Hackneyed or trite; dull.

b. Out of date; antiquated.

c. Out of use or practice; rusty.

[Alteration of obsolete moisty, from moist.]

must′i·ly adv.

must′i·ness n.

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Noun

mustiness - the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy

moldiness, must

staleness - having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging

Translations

remugle

odore di stantio

mustiness

[ˈmʌstɪnɪs] N [of room] → olor m a cerrado, olor m a humedad

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mustiness

[ˈmʌstinɪs] n

(= taste) → goût m de moisi

(= smell) → odeur f de moisi or de renfermé

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mustiness

n → Modergeruch m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mustiness

[ˈmʌstɪnɪs] n → odor di muffa or di stantio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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His enemy was banality; he fought it all his life long; he ridiculed it, drawing it with a pointed and unimpassioned pen, finding the mustiness of banality even where at the first glance everything seemed to be arranged very nicely, comfortably, and even brilliantly ..." (11)