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musty

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Adjective

  1. Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.
  2. Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally), having a stale or unfresh odour or taste.
  3. Characteristic of or relating to mould or mouldiness.
  4. Of attitudes, ideas, writing, or other abstract things: no longer fresh or interesting; outdated, stale.
  5. Of a person: boring and unadventurous; also, old-fashioned, stuck in the past.
  6. Bad-tempered, grumpy, irritable.
  7. Of a male animal such as a camel or an elephant: in musth.

Noun

  1. A type of snuff with a musty flavour (adjective sense 2).

Verb

  1. To turn musty (adjective sense 1 or 2); to must.

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