"mustiness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mustinesses [plural]
Etymology: From musty + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|musty|ness}} musty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mustiness (countable and uncountable, plural mustinesses)
  1. The characteristic of being musty. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (stale or moldy in odor or taste): Moder [masculine] (German), Muffigkeit [feminine] (German)

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