foisty

English

Etymology

From foist +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪstɪ/

Adjective

foisty (comparative more foisty, superlative most foisty)

1. mouldy, musty, fusty
   • 1669, John Worlidge, Systema agriculturae: The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered:

     Thrash not Wheat to keep untill March, lest it prove foisty.

   • 2000, Samuel Bamford, Martin Hewitt, Robert Poole, The Diaries of Samuel Bamford, page 2:

     Papers 150 years old, mildewed, rotten and stinking like muck; and mouldy foisty old books dating from 1638.

References

• “foisty”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.