Fusty

"We have now invented the word postmodern, as if we could finally fix modern in time, but even postmodern (first recorded in 1949) will seem fusty in the end, perhaps sooner than modern will."
[from Modern: Word History, American History Dictionary*]

ADJECTIVE: Inflected forms: fus·ti·er, fus·ti·est
1. Smelling of mildew or decay; musty. 2. Old-fashioned; antique.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Old French fust, piece of wood, wine cask, from Latin for stick, club.
OTHER FORMS: fusti·ly —ADVERB; fusti·ness —NOUN
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