Musty

Musty
сущ.; собст.; SK, DT 4
Масти (кличка кота-мутанта Риа с Кооса)

She put the cat down. It walked slowly toward the hearth, where a late fire lazed, desultorily eating at a single log. Musty’s tail, split at the tip so it looked like the forked tail of a devil in an old drawing, switched back and forth in the room’s dim orange air. Its extra legs, dangling from its sides, twitched dreamily. The shadow which trailed across the floor and grew up the wall was a horror: a thing that looked like a cat crossed with a spider. — Она опустила кота на пол. Он медленно направился к очагу, где еще горел огонь, “доедая” последнее полено. Хвост Масти, расщепленный на конце, как у дьявола, нарисованного в старинных книгах, мотался из стороны в сторону в освещенном оранжевыми бликами воздухе комнаты. Его лишние лапы, свисая с боков, покачивались в такт шагам. Тень, поднимающаяся с пола на стену, являла собой чудовище: жуткую помесь кота и паука. (ТБ 4)


English-Russian dictionary of neologisms from a series of books by Stephen King "Dark Tower". 2014.

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  • Musty — Mus ty, a. [Compar. {Mustier}; superl. {Mustiest}.] [From L. mustum must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. {Must}, n., {Moist}.] 1. Having the rank, pungent, offensive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • musty — [adj1] stuffy, aged airless, ancient, antediluvian, antique, crumbling, dank, decayed, decrepit, dirty, dried out*, dry, fetid, filthy, frowzy*, malodorous, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, moth eaten*, noisome, old, putrid, rotten, smelly, spoiled,… …   New thesaurus

  • musty — [mus′tē] adj. mustier, mustiest [< ? earlier moisty < MOIST] 1. having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc. 2. stale or trite; worn out; antiquated [musty ideas] 3. dull; apathetic mustily adv.… …   English World dictionary

  • musty — index stale Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • musty — (adj.) 1520s, perhaps a variant of moisty moist, damp (see MOIST (Cf. moist)). Related: Mustiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • musty — fusty, *malodorous, stinking, fetid, noisome, putrid, rank, rancid Analogous words: *dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, squalid: sloppy, *slipshod, unkempt, slovenly …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • musty — ► ADJECTIVE (mustier, mustiest) 1) having a stale or mouldy smell or taste. 2) unoriginal or outdated. DERIVATIVES mustiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of moisty moist …   English terms dictionary

  • musty — [[t]mʌ̱sti[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is musty smells old and damp. There are racks of musty clothing and piles of junk. ...that terrible musty smell. Syn: fusty …   English dictionary

  • musty — adjective a musty room, house, or object has a damp and unpleasant smell, because it is old and has not had any fresh air for a long time: musty old books | the stale musty smell of the attic mustiness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • musty — UK [ˈmʌstɪ] / US adjective Word forms musty : adjective musty comparative mustier superlative mustiest smelling unpleasant and not fresh The room had a musty smell. Derived word: mustiness noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • musty — adjective (mustier; est) Etymology: 4must Date: 1530 1. a. impaired by damp or mildew ; moldy b. tasting of mold c. smelling of damp and decay ; fusty 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary


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