Fusty (adjective)

1. Having a musty smell or taste, as from age or being kept in a closed place.
2. Old-fashioned or out-of-date.

Origin:

From middle english fusty, from old french fusté, from latin fustis ("a stick, a cudgel"), from proto-indo-european *bhuh- ("to beat, strik.e")

Examples:

1. The old bookstore had a distinct fusty smell that reminded visitors of musty old tomes and leather-bound journals.
2. My grandparents' house always smelled a bit fusty, as if it had been closed up for too long.
3. The hotel room was musty and fusty, and I couldn't wait to open a window.
4. The professor's lectures were always fusty, as if he were stuck in the past.
5. The old paintings had a fusty smell, as if they had been locked away for centuries.