rusty
AdjectiveUS[ruhs-tee]/ˈrʌsti/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (4)rustier, rustiest
- covered with or consisting of rust“a rusty machine”“rusty deposits”Opposite rustlessSimilar rusted
- of the brown color of rustSynonyms: rustrust-brownOpposite achromaticSimilar chromatic
- impaired in skill by neglectSynonyms: out of practiceOpposite skilledSimilar unskilled
- ancient“hoary jokes”Synonyms: hoaryOpposite newSimilar old
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Translations
Adjective affected by rust
- Spanish
- oxidado
- French
- rouillé
- German
- rostig
- Italian
- arrugginito
- Portuguese
- enferrujado
- Turkish
- paslı
- Russian
- ржа́вый ržávyj
- Arabic
- صَدِئ ṣadiʔ
- Dutch
- roestig
- Polish
- rdzawy
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Rust′y adjective [Compar. Rustier (…); superlative Rustiest.]
Origin: AS. rustig.
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.— William Shakespeare
3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. Obs. or Prov. Eng. “Rusty words.” Vision of Piers Plowman
5. Rust-colored; dark. “Rusty blood.” Edmund Spenser
6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces.— Nathaniel Hawthorne
7. Botany Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54