1. Having a stale smell; moldy; musty.
2. Old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like.
3. Stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned; fogyish.
He could even smell the old woman in the buggy beside him, smell the fusty camphor-reeking shawl and even the airless black cotton umbrella in which (he would not discover until they had reached the house) she had concealed a hatchet and a flashlight.
-- William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!
I won't stop accusing you of being fusty if you don't stop acting that way. For God's sake, what is wrong with seeing what a rock concert is like? I'd like to find out.
-- Lionel Shriver, The Female of the Species
Fusty comes from the Old French word fust, meaning a “wine cask.” As wine casks are stuffy and smelly, the adjective is a logical association.
發霉\ FUHS- T卹\，形容詞：
1。有一個陳舊的氣味;發霉;霉味。
2。老式或出最新的，如建築，家具，或類似。
3。頑固保守的或舊的的老式fogyish。
他甚至可以聞在他身邊的馬車的老太太，聞到發霉樟腦 reeking披肩，甚至密不透風的黑色棉傘（他不會發現，直到他們達到的房子）她隱瞞了一把斧頭和一個手電筒。
- 福克納，押沙龍，押沙龍！
我不會停止指責你正在發霉，如果你不停止署理這樣。上帝的份上，什麼是錯了，看到一場搖滾音樂會嗎？我想找出。
- 梅西施萊佛，該物種的女性
發霉來自古法語單詞富斯特，意思是“葡萄酒的木桶。”葡萄酒的木桶悶和臭，形容詞是一個邏輯的關聯。
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