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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 musty /ˈmʌsti/
 (a.)發霉的,霉臭的,落伍的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mus·ty a. [Compar. Mustier superl. Mustiest.]
 1. Having the rank, pungent, offensive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.
 2. Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
    The proverb is somewhat musty.   --Shak.
 3. Dull; heavy; spiritless. “That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation.”
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 musty
      adj 1: covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy
             (or musty) odor" [syn: moldy, mouldy]
      2: stale and unclean smelling [syn: fusty, frowsty]
      [also: mustiest, mustier]