mouldy

Etymology

From mould + -y.

adj

  1. Covered with mould.
  2. Showing signs of neglect; disused.
  3. (UK, colloquial) Worthless; lousy; rotten.
    'Go cuddle up to your mouldy old papers,' she shouted at him. 'See how warm they'll keep you.' She slammed the door and made to walk off. 2014, Patricia Combs, Café Paradise
  4. (obsolete, slang, derogatory) Gray-headed, whether from age or hair powder.
    Let him be great, as e'er he will, / He's rotten at the heart's core still; / Yet counsel from his mouldy pate, / Supports the trembling chair of state, / And scatters with unsparing hand, / A thousand miseries o'er the land; […] 1820, Satirical and Political Pamphlets, page 27

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