Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fusty; musty; moldy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Fusty; musty.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective mouldy, musty, fusty

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Examples

  • The foisty unpleasant stench of poverty hangs over the whole household, signalled to all who know Steven by his half-mast trousers and cheap leaking trainers.

    Brit Lit Blogs 2010

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