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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
Etymology
Adjective
dusty (comparative dustier, superlative dustiest)
Covered with dust.
Powdery and resembling dust.
Grey in parts.
(African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse)
Synonyms
• (covered with dust): dust-ridden
Anagrams
• Dutys, study
Etymology 1
Derived from Dustin.
Proper noun
Dusty
A diminutive of the male given name Dustin.
Etymology 2
Derived from dusty, from the tendency of persons engaged in the milling of flour to become covered with flour dust.
Proper noun
Dusty
(British) a nickname for someone with the surname Miller
Anagrams
• Dutys, study
Source: Wiktionary
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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