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  • adjective superlative form of mouldy: most mouldy.

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Examples

  • Under the oldest mouldiest conventions, a man of native force prospers just as well as in the newest world, and that by skill of handling and treatment.

    Great Regulars: We live amid surfaces, Rus Bowden 2007

  • Already her imaginative father is ravishing in fancy the mouldiest wine-cellars of Continental Europe.

    The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Harry Leon Wilson 1903

  • Each remnant of food, each rag of clothing, they brought home with joy; and the mouldiest piece of bread out of their bag was set aside for their own nourishment, while the best was bestowed on their guests.

    The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others Georgiana Fullerton 1848

  • Under the oldest mouldiest conventions, a man of native force prospers just as well as in the newest world, and that by skill of handling and treatment.

    Essays: Second Series (1844) 1844

  • Under the oldest mouldiest conventions a man of native force prospers just as well as in the newest world, and that by skill of handling and treatment.

    Essays — Second Series Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842

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