Adjective: fusty (fustier,fustiest) fús-tee
- Stale and unclean smelling
"What are you going to do with all that fusty old art and history of yours?";
- musty, frowsty [Brit, informal]
- Old-fashioned and out of date
"His fusty views on social issues were increasingly unpopular";
- standpat [N. Amer], unprogressive, nonprogressive
Derived forms: fustier, fustiest
See also: conservative, ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], minging [Brit, informal], niffy [Brit, informal], pongy [Brit, informal], stinky [informal], unpleasant-smelling, whiffy [Brit, informal]