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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moldy \Mold"y\, Mouldy \Mould"y\, adjective [Compar. {Moldier}or {Mouldier}; superl. {Moldiest} or {Mouldiest}.] [From {Mold} the growth of fungi.] Overgrown with, or containing, mold; smelling of mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
moldy
adjective: covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor" [syn: {mouldy}, {musty}] [also: {moldiest}, {moldier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "moldy": archaic, bad, bad-smelling, blasted, blighted, blown, bygone, crumbling, dated, despoiled, dilapidated, dusty, fecal, fetid, flyblown, foul, frowsty, frowsy, frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, gone to seed, graveolent, high, ill-smelling, maggoty, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldering, moss-grown, moth-eaten, musty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorous, offensive, old hat, olid, outdated, passe, putrid, rancid, rank, ravaged, reasty, reasy, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, rococo, rotten, ruined, ruinous, rusty, smellful, smelling, smelly, smutted, smutty, stale, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, time-scarred, timeworn, vile, weevily, worm-eaten, wormy, worn
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