slovo | definícia |
musty (encz) | musty,plesnivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
musty (encz) | musty,zatuchlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Musty (gcide) | Musty \Mus"ty\, a. [Compar. Mustier; superl. Mustiest.]
[From L. mustum must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. Must, n.,
Moist.]
1. Having the rank, pungent, offensive odor and taste which
substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist
weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn;
musty books. --Harvey.
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2. Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
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The proverb is somewhat musty. --Shak.
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3. Dull; heavy; spiritless. "That he may not grow musty and
unfit for conversation." --Addison.
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musty (wn) | musty
adj 1: covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy
(or musty) odor" [syn: moldy, mouldy, musty]
2: stale and unclean smelling [syn: fusty, musty, frowsty] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
musty (encz) | musty,plesnivý adj: Zdeněk Brožmusty,zatuchlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
musty (wn) | musty
adj 1: covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy
(or musty) odor" [syn: moldy, mouldy, musty]
2: stale and unclean smelling [syn: fusty, musty, frowsty] |
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