DUSTIEST

DUSTY

cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten

(adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; “moth-eaten theories about race”; “stale news”

dusty, dust-covered

(adjective) covered with a layer of dust; “a dusty pile of books”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

dustiest

superlative form of dusty: most dusty

Anagrams

• duetists, studiest

Source: Wiktionary


DUSTY

Dust"y, a. [Compar. Dustier; superl. Dustiest.] Etym: [AS. dystig. See Dust.]

1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.

2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white. Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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