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RUSTY
rust, rusty, rust-brown
(adjective) of the brown color of rust
hoary, rusty
(adjective) ancient; “hoary jokes”
rusty
(adjective) covered with or consisting of rust; “a rusty machine”; “rusty deposits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Rusty
A male given name
Usage notes
Rusty may be a nickname for a person named Russell, or for someone with rust-colored skin or hair.
Anagrams
• Tyrus, yurts
Etymology 1
Adjective
rusty (comparative rustier, superlative rustiest)
Marked or corroded by rust. [from 9th c.]
Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown. [from 14th c.]
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. [from 16th c.]
(now, chiefly, historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby. [from 17th c.]
Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
Etymology 2
Adjective
rusty (comparative more rusty, superlative most rusty)
Discolored and rancid; reasty. [from 16th c.]
Anagrams
• Tyrus, yurts
Source: Wiktionary
Rust"y, a. Etym: [AS. rustig.] [Compar. Rustier (; superl. Rustiest.]
1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. Shak.
3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." Piers Plowman.
5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." Spenser.
6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. The rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne.
7. (Bot.)
Definition: Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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