Fusty (?), a. [Compar.Fustier (#); superl.Fustiest.] [See 2d Fust.] 1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. “A fusty nut.” “Fusty plebeians.” Shak.
2. Moping.
A melancholy, fusty humor. Pepys.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Fusty (?), a. [Compar.Fustier (#); superl.Fustiest.] [See 2d Fust.] 1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. “A fusty nut.” “Fusty plebeians.” Shak.
2. Moping.
A melancholy, fusty humor. Pepys.