Definition of "mildewed" [mildewed]

• Simple past tense and past participle of mildew. (verb)

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• "The lake created its own kind of mildewed background to the wrought iron of the balconies and the screeching of the ravens that landed like wet face-flannels on the grass."
• "He passes to consider the defect which has "mildewed" all the poetry written since Shelley, "the predominance of art over inspiration, of body over soul.""
• ""As an imitation poet," says Jonadab, "he was a kind of mildewed article, but as a play actor -- well, there may be some that can beat him, but _I_ never see 'em!""