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MUSTINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mustiness" is a kind of...):
staleness (having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging)
Derivation:
musty (stale and unclean smelling)
musty (covered with or smelling of mold)