"fustiness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fustinesses [plural]
Etymology: fusty + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fusty|ness}} fusty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} fustiness (usually uncountable, plural fustinesses)
  1. The quality of being fusty. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Smell, Taste Related terms: fustily

Inflected forms

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