Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/December 7

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for December 7
musty adj
  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. (figuratively)
    1. Of attitudes, ideas, writing, or other abstract things: no longer fresh or interesting; outdated, stale.
    2. Of a person: boring and unadventurous; also, old-fashioned, stuck in the past.
    3. (archaic except Northern England (northwest)) Bad-tempered, grumpy, irritable. [...]
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