Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Moldiness.
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- noun obsolete
moldiness ,mould - verb obsolete To become
musty ormouldy .
Etymologies
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Variant of finew, from Middle English, from Old English fyne ("moisture, mold, mildew"), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *funjan (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch and Middle Dutch vunsc ("musty"), Old English fenn ("swamp, bog"). More at fen.
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sionnach commented on the word vinew
to make or become moldy.
February 5, 2008