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mildewy, a.|ˈmɪldjuːɪ|
[f. mildew n. + -y1.]
Tainted with mildew; of the nature of, or resembling, mildew.
1835Dickens Sk. Boz, Scenes xiii. (1892) 113 The damp mildewy smell which pervades the place. 1838― O. Twist xxvi, Heaps of mildewy fragments of woollen-stuff. 1862Thoreau Excursions, Wild Apples (1863) 296 Foggy mildewy days.
fig.1884R. Buchanan Foxglove Manor III. xxxiv. 147 A creed so worn out, mildewy, and old-fashioned. |