MOLDY
What does "MOLDY" mean?
Covered with or affected by mold; musty and stale from decay.
Meanings
- Overgrown with mold, the fuzzy fungus that develops on damp, decaying matter. She threw out the moldy bread before it spread to the rest of the loaf.
- Old-fashioned, stale, or out of date. He told the same moldy jokes at every family dinner. figurative
Did you know?
- A moldy dish launched modern medicine: in 1928 Alexander Fleming found that Penicillium mold contaminating a petri plate was killing the bacteria around it - the start of penicillin.
Word origin
From 'mold' (the fungus), from Middle English 'mowlde', related to Old Norse 'mygla', 'to grow moldy', plus the adjective ending '-y'.
Remember it
MOLDY is MOLD plus 'Y' - and you'll ask 'whY did I leave this in the fridge so long?'
A little poem
Forgotten in back -
green-grey fur on yesterday,
time made visible.
haiku
Wordplay
- I found some moldy cheese and thought about tossing it - but it grew on me.
What it teaches
The same green fuzz that ruins your bread once gave the world its first antibiotic - decay and discovery share a shelf.
Quick facts
What does MOLDY mean?
Covered with or affected by mold; musty and stale from decay.
Is MOLDY a valid word?
Yes — MOLDY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MOLDY?
MOLDY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MOLDY come from?
From 'mold' (the fungus), from Middle English 'mowlde', related to Old Norse 'mygla', 'to grow moldy', plus the adjective ending '-y'.
What can MOLDY teach us?
The same green fuzz that ruins your bread once gave the world its first antibiotic - decay and discovery share a shelf.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.