fust

English

/fʌst/

noun
Definitions
  • A strong musty smell; mustiness.
  • (architecture) The shaft (main body) of a column.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fust (wood, bole, tree trunk) derived from Latin fūstis (cudgel, staff, club, knobbed stick) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰew-

Gloss

hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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