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  • 41old-fashioned — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. out of date, dated, out of style, old hat. See oldness.Ant., modern, up to date. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. antiquated, out of date, dated, obsolete, obsolescent, outmoded, demoded, unfashionable,… …

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  • 42rank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lush, luxuriant, vigorous; coarse; malodorous, fetid, rancid, offensive; arrant, extreme, gross. n. row, line; position, caste, quality; status, grade, standing, footing. See repute, badness, class …

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  • 43beat — [OE] Old English bēatan and the related Old Norse bauta may be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *bautan. It has been conjectured that this could be connected with *fu , the base of Latin confūtāre and refūtāre (source respectively of English …

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  • 44stale — [adj1] old, decayed dried, dry, faded, fetid, flat, fusty, hard, insipid, malodorous, musty, noisome, parched, rank, reeking, smelly, sour, spoiled, stagnant, stenchy, stinking, tasteless, watery, weak, zestless; concepts 462,485,598 Ant. fresh,… …

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  • 45beat — [OE] Old English bēatan and the related Old Norse bauta may be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *bautan. It has been conjectured that this could be connected with *fu , the base of Latin confūtāre and refūtāre (source respectively of English …

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  • 46fustily — ˈfəstə̇lē, li adverb : in a fusty manner * * * fustˈily adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑fusty …

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  • 47fustiness — ˈfəstēnə̇s, tin noun ( es) : the quality or state of being fusty * * * fustˈiness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑fusty …

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  • 48fousty — /fooˈsti/ (Scot) adjective 1. Mouldy or damp 2. Having a musty smell 3. Fusty * * * fous(s)on, fousty obs. ff. foison, fusty …

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  • 49Foistied — Foist ied, a. [See 2d {Fust}.] Fusty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 50Foisty — Foist y, a. Fusty; musty. [Obs.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] …

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