adjective
- Musty, stale, or stuffy; having a stale or moldy smell.
Usage: Chiefly British and dialectal; Archaic or informal
Examples
- The old attic smelled fousty after being closed up for years.
- We opened the windows to air out the fousty room.
- The fousty odor suggested the basement had moisture problems.
- That fousty coat needs to be cleaned and dried in the sun.