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 Old-fashioned and out of date.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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope