rust, rusty, rust-brown
(adjective) of the brown color of rust
hoary, rusty
(adjective) ancient; āhoary jokesā
rusty
(adjective) covered with or consisting of rust; āa rusty machineā; ārusty depositsā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Rusty
A male given name
Rusty may be a nickname for a person named Russell, or for someone with rust-colored skin or hair.
• Tyrus, yurts
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.
rusty (comparative more rusty, superlative most rusty)
Discolored and rancid; reasty. [from 16th c.]
• 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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
The word ācoffeeā entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch ākoffie,ā borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish ākahve,ā borrowed in turn from the Arabic āqahwah.ā The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
