mustifyv.

Brit.

/ˈmʌstᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈməstəˌfaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: musty adj.², -ify suffix.

Etymology: < musty adj.² + -ify suffix.

rare.

transitive. To make musty or mouldy. Also intransitive.In quot. 1978 apparently with play on mystify v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > make wearisome or tedious

leadc1430

stale1601

wooden1641

cool1665

flatten1693

mustify1828

woodenize1877

leaden1899

dehydrate1957

1828 C. D'Oyly Tom Raw, Griffin 82 Their watery vapours..mustify the raiment we have got on us.

1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air II. xxi. 201 Should I, in my own country, have dreamed of mustifying myself by a humdrum dinner in..Bloomsbury Square?

1978 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 72 638 It is no part of his intention to mustify.

Derivatives

ˈmustified adj.

ΚΠ

1933 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 43 369 The mossy foundations of mustified legalism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mustify
释义	mustifyv. Brit. /ˈmʌstᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈməstəˌfaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: musty adj.², -ify suffix. Etymology: < musty adj.² + -ify suffix. rare. transitive. To make musty or mouldy. Also intransitive.In quot. 1978 apparently with play on mystify v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > make wearisome or tedious leadc1430 stale1601 wooden1641 cool1665 flatten1693 mustify1828 woodenize1877 leaden1899 dehydrate1957 1828 C. D'Oyly Tom Raw, Griffin 82 Their watery vapours..mustify the raiment we have got on us. 1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air II. xxi. 201 Should I, in my own country, have dreamed of mustifying myself by a humdrum dinner in..Bloomsbury Square? 1978 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 72 638 It is no part of his intention to mustify. Derivatives ˈmustified adj. ΚΠ 1933 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 43 369 The mossy foundations of mustified legalism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1828
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