mustinessn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌstɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈməstinᵻs/

Forms: 1500s mustenes, 1600s–1700s mustinesse, 1600s– mustiness; Scottish pre-1700 moustynes.

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

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

a. The quality or condition of being musty; mouldiness, fustiness.

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

1526–30 in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1808) II. 205 The said page to make fires for the eyres and mustenes of the said chambers.

a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 110 The cast windows of that house, exposed to the east and west moistening winds, procured some moustiness [MS moustynes] to the books.

1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 91 Keeping them [sc. seeds] dry and free from mustiness.

a1706 J. Evelyn Mem. for my Grand-son (1926) 57 And here likewise should Traps be set for Vermine and the place and drawers now and then clea[n]sed and aired to prevent Mustinesse.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Mustiness..mould, damp foulness.

1776 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer i. x. 208 The best way of preserving seed is in dry sand, which sucks in the moisture from the seed, and prevents mustiness.

1828 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 351 A clean, cool hive, free from any peculiar smell or mustiness, will be acceptable to the bees.

1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. vii. 182 The peculiar clean mustiness of the room only just opened for the summer season.

1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 146 Buns stuffed with the cloying mustiness of bean-paste.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xlvi. 228 He was in a hurry to get away. The mustiness of the room made his head ache.

1988 M. Atwood Cat's Eye (1989) viii. 198 The church..smelled of old stone, old neglect, mustiness.

b. figurative. Dull and unoriginal character; dated quality; outmodedness.

ΚΠ

1867 Atlantic Monthly July 29 It depends here altogether upon the freshness or mustiness of the reader's historical reading.

1878 H. James Watch & Ward iii. 46 His idea led him..to wage war throughout his old dwelling on the lurking mustiness of the past.

1940 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 48 304 There is a mustiness about its easy verdicts, its loose generalizations, its approximate assignments.

1986 New Statesman 26 Sept. 32/3 The best is John Sladek's because it has some humour, but all have a dated mustiness.

†2. Crossness; ill humour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun]

melancholya1393

morosity1534

distemperature1571

distemperance1574

diverseness1574

sullennessa1586

spleen1596

distemper1604

mustinessa1625

canker?1635

distemperedness1649

moroseness1653

tetricalness1653

moodiness1694

dishumour1712

ill humour1748

sulkiness1760

stuff1787

funk1808

sumphishness1830

spleenishness1847

moodishness1857

grouchiness1925

a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggg/1 Any mirth, and any way, of any subject, Junius, is better then unmanly mustinesse.

1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park v. i. 50 Hark, you Sir, lay by your mustiness, or my Lady shall know how brisk your Worship was at the Wells to all the Masques.

1734 E. Montagu Let. 3 Nov. (1809) I. 14 That he might have put it in his book of drawings among the faces that express the several passions; but he has none that express mustiness.

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

单词	mustiness
释义	mustinessn. Brit. /ˈmʌstɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈməstinᵻs/ Forms: 1500s mustenes, 1600s–1700s mustinesse, 1600s– mustiness; Scottish pre-1700 moustynes. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: musty adj.², -ness suffix. Etymology: < musty adj.² + -ness suffix. 1. a. The quality or condition of being musty; mouldiness, fustiness. 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 1526–30 in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1808) II. 205 The said page to make fires for the eyres and mustenes of the said chambers. a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 110 The cast windows of that house, exposed to the east and west moistening winds, procured some moustiness [MS moustynes] to the books. 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 91 Keeping them [sc. seeds] dry and free from mustiness. a1706 J. Evelyn Mem. for my Grand-son (1926) 57 And here likewise should Traps be set for Vermine and the place and drawers now and then clea[n]sed and aired to prevent Mustinesse. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Mustiness..mould, damp foulness. 1776 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer i. x. 208 The best way of preserving seed is in dry sand, which sucks in the moisture from the seed, and prevents mustiness. 1828 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 351 A clean, cool hive, free from any peculiar smell or mustiness, will be acceptable to the bees. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. vii. 182 The peculiar clean mustiness of the room only just opened for the summer season. 1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 146 Buns stuffed with the cloying mustiness of bean-paste. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xlvi. 228 He was in a hurry to get away. The mustiness of the room made his head ache. 1988 M. Atwood Cat's Eye (1989) viii. 198 The church..smelled of old stone, old neglect, mustiness. b. figurative. Dull and unoriginal character; dated quality; outmodedness. ΚΠ 1867 Atlantic Monthly July 29 It depends here altogether upon the freshness or mustiness of the reader's historical reading. 1878 H. James Watch & Ward iii. 46 His idea led him..to wage war throughout his old dwelling on the lurking mustiness of the past. 1940 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 48 304 There is a mustiness about its easy verdicts, its loose generalizations, its approximate assignments. 1986 New Statesman 26 Sept. 32/3 The best is John Sladek's because it has some humour, but all have a dated mustiness. †2. Crossness; ill humour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] melancholya1393 morosity1534 distemperature1571 distemperance1574 diverseness1574 sullennessa1586 spleen1596 distemper1604 mustinessa1625 canker?1635 distemperedness1649 moroseness1653 tetricalness1653 moodiness1694 dishumour1712 ill humour1748 sulkiness1760 stuff1787 funk1808 sumphishness1830 spleenishness1847 moodishness1857 grouchiness1925 a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggg/1 Any mirth, and any way, of any subject, Junius, is better then unmanly mustinesse. 1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park v. i. 50 Hark, you Sir, lay by your mustiness, or my Lady shall know how brisk your Worship was at the Wells to all the Masques. 1734 E. Montagu Let. 3 Nov. (1809) I. 14 That he might have put it in his book of drawings among the faces that express the several passions; but he has none that express mustiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1526
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