foisty

English

Etymology

From foist +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪstɪ/

Adjective

foisty (comparative more foisty, superlative most foisty)

mouldy, musty, fusty
- 1669, John Worlidge, Systema agriculturae: The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered:
  Thrash not Wheat to keep untill March, lest it prove foisty.
- 2000, Samuel Bamford, Martin Hewitt, Robert Poole, The Diaries of Samuel Bamford, page 2:
  Papers 150 years old, mildewed, rotten and stinking like muck; and mouldy foisty old books dating from 1638.

References

“foisty”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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