foistyadj.
/ˈfɔɪsti/ Fusty, musty, mouldy. literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > fusty or musty
fusty1398
musty1492
foisty1519
foistied1572
fusted1598
foughty1600
frowish1608
rafty1655
funkya1680
foisted1688
foist1691
frowsty1865
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
mocha1522
hoary1530
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
mowsy1566
foistied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
musted1632
mouldish1648
emucid1656
mucid1656
mungy1658
mouldly1678
foisted1688
mothery1697
vinnewya1722
rusty-fustya1790
musty-fusty1857
mucidous1866
blue-vinnied1880
blue-veined1898
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
hoary1530
moskin1531
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
foistied1572
mustied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
mildewed1605
musted1632
mucid1656
mungy1658
foisted1688
vinnewya1722
mochy1825
musty-smelling1852
musty-fusty1857
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xv. f. 151v Lest suche placis waxe filthy & foysty.
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. H As if..thou shouldst..sauce thy meate with foystie oyles.
1619 J. Favour Antiquitie Triumphing xiii. 334 The foisty and fenowed Festiuall.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 285 Thrash not Wheat to keep untill March, lest it prove foisty.
1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) To Rdr. p. ix Well boh we'n had enough o this foisty matter; lets tawk o' summot elze.
1859 H. T. Ellis Hong Kong to Manilla 219 Pure Indians, and pure Chinese (if such a term can be applied to so ‘foisty’ a race as the latter).
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘As foisty as an old York church.’
Derivatives
ˈfoistied adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > fusty or musty
fusty1398
musty1492
foisty1519
foistied1572
fusted1598
foughty1600
frowish1608
rafty1655
funkya1680
foisted1688
foist1691
frowsty1865
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
mocha1522
hoary1530
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
mowsy1566
foistied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
musted1632
mouldish1648
emucid1656
mucid1656
mungy1658
mouldly1678
foisted1688
mothery1697
vinnewya1722
rusty-fustya1790
musty-fusty1857
mucidous1866
blue-vinnied1880
blue-veined1898
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
hoary1530
moskin1531
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
foistied1572
mustied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
mildewed1605
musted1632
mucid1656
mungy1658
foisted1688
vinnewya1722
mochy1825
musty-smelling1852
musty-fusty1857
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Foistied, mustied or vinoed, mucidus.
ˈfoistiness n. the quality or condition of being foisty.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fustiness
fustiness1526
mustiness1526
foistiness1576
frowziness1729
foist1819
funkiness1843
frowstiness1923
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > mouldy or musty condition
mustiness1526
mouldiness1559
vinniedness1565
foistiness1576
hoariness1580
must1602
vinnewinessa1722
motheriness1742
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun] > mustiness, mouldiness, or mould
moulda1400
mow?a1500
mustiness1526
vinny1538
mouldiness1559
vinniedness1565
foistiness1576
hoariness1580
must1602
mucor1656
vinnewinessa1722
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 38 Least..there may remayne some smatch of rottennesse or foystynes in the lycour dystilled.
1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things ii. 36 So the Wyne wyll be preserued from foystines and euyll sauor.
ˈfoisty v. (intransitive) to become foisty or musty.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > stink [verb (intransitive)] > become fusty or musty
must1530
foisty1572
foist1583
fusta1592
musty1631
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > become mouldy or musty
vinnyOE
moul?c1225
mould1530
foisty1572
hoar1573
milder1592
musty1631
to grow whiskers1977
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > become corrupt or putrid [verb (intransitive)] > become musty or mouldy
vinnyOE
moul?c1225
mould1530
must1530
foisty1572
hoar1573
musty1631
mildew1651
to grow whiskers1977
1572 [see foistied adj.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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