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"english": "(noun) mould; mustiness; (verb) to become mouldy or musty",
"word": "must"
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"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "mustied"
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"word": "mustily"
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"word": "mustiness"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mews-"
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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{
"args": {
"1": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "adjective",
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"2": "enm",
"3": "musty"
},
"expansion": "Middle English musty",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
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{
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{
"args": {
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"2": "xno",
"3": "muste"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman muste",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xno",
"2": "moste"
},
"expansion": "moste",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "xno",
"2": "moiste"
},
"expansion": "moiste",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xno",
"2": "muiste",
"t": "moist"
},
"expansion": "muiste (“moist”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "moiste",
"t": "clammy, damp, moist, wet"
},
"expansion": "Old French moiste (“clammy, damp, moist, wet”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "moite",
"t": "muggy; sticky, sweaty"
},
"expansion": "French moite (“muggy; sticky, sweaty”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "blend"
},
"expansion": "blend",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*mucidus"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *mucidus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "mūcidus",
"t": "mouldy, musty"
},
"expansion": "Latin mūcidus (“mouldy, musty”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "mūceō",
"t": "to be mouldy or musty"
},
"expansion": "Latin mūceō (“to be mouldy or musty”)",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "-idus",
"pos": "suffix meaning ‘tending to’, forming adjectives"
},
"expansion": "-idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’, forming adjectives)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "mustum",
"t": "unfermented or partially fermented grape juice, must; new wine"
},
"expansion": "Latin mustum (“unfermented or partially fermented grape juice, must; new wine”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mustus",
"t": "fresh; young; unfermented"
},
"expansion": "mustus (“fresh; young; unfermented”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mews-",
"4": "*mus-, *mews-",
"t": "damp; moss"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp; moss”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mosty"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mosty",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "moisti",
"t": "damp, humid, wet, moisty; of fruit: moist and juicy"
},
"expansion": "moisti (“damp, humid, wet, moisty; of fruit: moist and juicy”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "moisty, moysti, moysty",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "must",
"t": "fruit (usually grape) juice which has been or will be fermented"
},
"expansion": "must (“fruit (usually grape) juice which has been or will be fermented”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "moist"
},
"expansion": "moist",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "moiste",
"t": "damp, humid; moist, wet; well-irrigated, well-watered; liquid; of ale: new; (figuratively) not withered, fresh; carnal, lascivious; raw, undisciplined"
},
"expansion": "moiste (“damp, humid; moist, wet; well-irrigated, well-watered; liquid; of ale: new; (figuratively) not withered, fresh; carnal, lascivious; raw, undisciplined”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "moiste"
},
"expansion": "Old French moiste",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "-i",
"pos": "suffix forming adjectives"
},
"expansion": "-i (suffix forming adjectives)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "moisi",
"t": "mouldy"
},
"expansion": "Middle French moisi (“mouldy”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "past"
},
"expansion": "past",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "participle"
},
"expansion": "participle",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "moisir",
"t": "(to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder"
},
"expansion": "moisir (“(to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "moisir"
},
"expansion": "French moisir",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mūcēre"
},
"expansion": "Latin mūcēre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "active"
},
"expansion": "active",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "infinitive"
},
"expansion": "infinitive",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mūceō",
"t": "to be mouldy or musty"
},
"expansion": "Latin mūceō (“to be mouldy or musty”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "must",
"3": "y",
"id2": "adjectival",
"pos2": "suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives",
"t1": "mould; mustiness"
},
"expansion": "must (“mould; mustiness”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives)",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "back-formation"
},
"expansion": "back-formation",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "4"
},
"expansion": "⁴",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "3"
},
"expansion": "³",
"name": "sup"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "verb",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "mústic"
},
"expansion": "Catalan mústic",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "musti",
"t": "wilted, withered; gloomy, sad"
},
"expansion": "musti (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "murcho"
},
"expansion": "Galician murcho",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "mucho",
"t": "wilted, withered"
},
"expansion": "mucho (“wilted, withered”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pro",
"2": "moste"
},
"expansion": "Old Occitan moste",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "moste"
},
"expansion": "Occitan moste",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "mosti"
},
"expansion": "mosti",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "musti",
"t": "damp, wet"
},
"expansion": "musti (“damp, wet”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Gascon"
},
"expansion": "(Gascon)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "murcho",
"t": "wilted, withered; gloomy, sad"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese murcho (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "mustio",
"t": "wilted, withered; gloomy, sad"
},
"expansion": "Spanish mustio (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The adjective is derived from Late Middle English musty; further origin uncertain, possibly from one of the following:\n* From Anglo-Norman muste, moste, variants of moiste, muiste (“moist”), from Old French moiste (“clammy, damp, moist, wet”) (modern French moite (“muggy; sticky, sweaty”)), from a blend of Vulgar Latin *mucidus (from Latin mūcidus (“mouldy, musty”), from Old Latin mūceō (“to be mouldy or musty”) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’, forming adjectives)) + Latin mustum (“unfermented or partially fermented grape juice, must; new wine”) (from mustus (“fresh; young; unfermented”), from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp; moss”)).\n* From another language derived from the above Latin words (compare the cognates below).\n* A variant of Middle English mosty, moisti (“damp, humid, wet, moisty; of fruit: moist and juicy”) [and other forms] (perhaps influenced by must (“fruit (usually grape) juice which has been or will be fermented”)), from moist, moiste (“damp, humid; moist, wet; well-irrigated, well-watered; liquid; of ale: new; (figuratively) not withered, fresh; carnal, lascivious; raw, undisciplined”) (from Old French moiste: see above) + -i (suffix forming adjectives).\nCompare Middle French moisi (“mouldy”), an adjective use of the past participle of moisir (“(to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder”) (modern French moisir), from Latin mūcēre, the present active infinitive of Old Latin mūceō (“to be mouldy or musty”): see above.\nThe English word is analysable as must (“mould; mustiness”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives); however, must is thought to be a back-formation from musty.\nThe noun and verb are derived from the adjective.\ncognates\n* Catalan mústic, musti (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)\n* Galician murcho, mucho (“wilted, withered”)\n* Old Occitan moste (Occitan moste, mosti, musti (“damp, wet”) (Gascon))\n* Portuguese murcho (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)\n* Spanish mustio (“wilted, withered; gloomy, sad”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mustier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "mustiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "musty (comparative mustier, superlative mustiest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "a. 1773 (date written), James Græme, “The Student: A Fragment”, in Poems on Several Occasions, Edinburgh: […] A[lexander] Donaldson; for W. Somerville, […], published 1773, →OCLC, page 43",
"text": "Undaunted vvas my heart, nor could appal / The muſtieſt volume of the ſtall; / VVhere'er I turn'd, the giant ſpiders fled, / And trembling moths retreated as I read; […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019 November 13, “Reize – Showdown Character Highlight”, in Yacht Club Games, archived from the original on 2020-12-05",
"text": "Reize already has a strong and spirited jump, bounding higher than most every other fighter. That's what happens when you're not weighed down with all that musty, old armor!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy."
],
"id": "en-musty-en-adj-s8lxcZLV",
"links": [
[
"Affected",
"affect#Verb"
],
[
"dampness",
"dampness"
],
[
"mould",
"mould#Noun"
],
[
"damp",
"damp#Adjective"
],
[
"mildewed",
"mildewed#Adjective"
],
[
"mouldy",
"mouldy"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fusty"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with collocations",
"parents": [
"Terms with collocations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "musty food musty furniture a musty odour",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1604, “The Meeting of Gallants at an Ordinarie: Or, The Walkes in Powles”, in J[ames] O[rchard] H[alliwell], editor, Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, volume V, London: […] [F]or the Percy Society by T. Richards, published 1841, →OCLC, page 11",
"text": "Well, I haue almost mard their market, for Gentlemen especially, those that loue to smell sweete, for they are the worst Milliners in a kingdome, and their sutes beare the mustiest perfume of anything breathing, vnlesse it were an Usurers Night-cappe againe: […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally), having a stale or unfresh odour or taste."
],
"id": "en-musty-en-adj-qjP3ecBM",
"links": [
[
"Having",
"have#Verb"
],
[
"odour",
"odor"
],
[
"taste",
"taste#Noun"
],
[
"stale",
"stale#Adjective"
],
[
"unfresh",
"unfresh"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fusty"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zastojal",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "застоял"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāméi de",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "發霉的"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "zatuchlý"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "ztuchlý"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "homeinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "tunkkainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "moisi"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balorento"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "miefig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "muffig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "dumpf"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "dumpfig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "faulig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "moderig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "modrig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "schimmelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "schimmlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "stockig"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "áporodott"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "dohos"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "múisiúnta"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"alt": "かびくさい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kabikusai",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "黴臭い"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gompangnae naneun",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "곰팡내 나는"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "mucidus"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "múvlosan",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "му́влосан"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zástojan",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "за́стојан"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zástoen",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "за́стоен"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "kōpuru"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "stęchły"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "muced"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zátxlyj",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "за́тхлый"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 69 5 8 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
"word": "mohoso"
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"word": "發霉的"
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"word": "zatuchlý"
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"sense": "having an odour or taste of mould; (generally) having a stale or unfresh odour or taste",
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"word": "黴臭い"
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"(rare) Of a male animal such as a camel or an elephant: in musth."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmʌstɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌsti"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-musty.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/En-us-musty.ogg/En-us-musty.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/En-us-musty.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "musthy"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a male animal such as a camel or an elephant: in musth",
"word": "raivotilassa"
}
],
"word": "musty"
}
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