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moldiness

noun

Etymology

From moldy + -ness. Compare Middle English mowldnes (“moldiness”).

  1. derived from modus
  2. derived from modulus
  3. derived from modle
  4. inherited from molde — “mold, cast”
  5. suffixed as moldy — “mold + y”
  6. suffixed as moldiness — “moldy + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or degree of being moldy.

    • The moldiness of the bread meant that it was unpalatable, if not downright inedible.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for moldiness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA