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