Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fustiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fusti-ness
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being fusty.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] I was running away from drabness, fustiness, snobbery, the claustrophobia of close horizons, and from my inability, although I am quite an attractive rat, to make headway in the rat-race."
"[T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fusty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fustiness From fusty + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

fustinesses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fustily

Questions

What does fustiness mean?: The quality of being fusty.
Where does fustiness come from?: Etymology tree English fusty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fustiness From fusty + -ness.

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