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

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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

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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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