See fusty on Wiktionary
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "old-fashioned, refusing to change or update",
"word": "ummehtunut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "old-fashioned, refusing to change or update",
"word": "veraltet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "old-fashioned, refusing to change or update",
"word": "verstaubt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "old-fashioned, refusing to change or update",
"word": "apolillado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "old-fashioned, refusing to change or update",
"word": "desfasado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "old-fashioned, refusing to change or update",
"word": "trasnochado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "old-fashioned, refusing to change or update",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"colloquial"
],
"word": "viejuno"
}
],
"word": "fusty"
}
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