Англо-русский словарь - fusty
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fusty
adj.
1) затхлый, спертый
2) устаревший, старомодный
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1.
1. затхлый, спертый, тяжелый (о воздухе) 2. устаревший; старомодный fusty book —- устаревшая книга fusty ideas —- допотопные идеи his science is a little bit fusty —- он немного поотстал в науке ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
2.
adj. (fustier, fustiest) 1 stale-smelling, musty, mouldy. 2 stuffy, close. 3 antiquated, old-fashioned. Derivatives fustily adv. fustiness n. Etymology: ME f. OF fust{eacute} smelling of the cask f. fust cask, tree-trunk, f. L fustis cudgel ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
adjective (fustier; -est) Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English foisted, foist musty, from foist wine cask, from Anglo-French fust, fuist wood, tree trunk, cask, from Medieval Latin fustis Date: 14th century 1. British impaired by age or dampness ; moldy 2. saturated with dust and stale odors ; musty 3. rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary Synonyms: see malodorous • fustily adverb • fustiness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
(fustier, fustiest) 1. If you describe something or someone as fusty, you disapprove of them because they are old-fashioned in attitudes or ideas. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. A fusty place or thing has a smell that is not fresh or pleasant. ...fusty old carpets. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj 1 if rooms, clothes, buildings etc are fusty, they have an unpleasant smell, because they have not been used for a long time 2 informal ideas or people that are fusty are old-fashioned (These fusty ideas about education should be brought up-to-date.) - fustiness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1491, from O.Fr. fustй "fusty, tasting of the cask," from O.Fr. fuist, "wine cask," originally "stick, stave," from L. fustis "staff, stick of wood." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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