1 stale-smelling, musty, mouldy.
2 stuffy, close.
3 antiquated, old-fashioned.
Derivatives:
fustily adv. fustiness n.
Etymology: ME f. OF fusteacute smelling of the cask f. fust cask, tree-trunk, f. L fustis cudgel
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.