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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Moldiness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Moldiness.

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  • noun moldiness

Etymologies

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From Middle English finew, from Old English fyne ("moisture, mold, mildew"), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *funjan (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch and Middle Dutch vunsc ("musty"), Old English fenn ("swamp, bog"). More at fen.

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