English Explanatory Dictionary

rusty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Marked or corroded by rust.
  2. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
  3. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
  4. Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
  5. Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
noun
  1. A gun or in particular an old or worn one.
adj
  1. Discolored and rancid; reasty.
name
  1. A male given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹʌsti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rusty.wav

Word forms

rusty rustier rustiest more rusty most rusty

Etymology

From Middle English rusty, from Old English rūstiġ (“rusty”), from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rusty”), equivalent to rust + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rusterch (“rusty”), West Frisian rustich, roastich (“rusty”), Dutch roestig (“rusty”), German Low German rusterig, rüsterig (“rusty”), German rostig (“rusty”), Swedish rostig (“rusty”).

Derived words

better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail nonrusty ride rusty rustily rustiness Rusty rustyback rusty blackbird rusty dusty rusty guts rustyhood rustyish rusty-margined guan rusty nail rusty pitohui rusty sheriff's badge rusty-spotted cat rusty tinamou rusty trombone turn rusty unrusty

Translations

Arabic: صَدِئ Armenian: ժանգոտ Old Armenian: ժանգոտ Belarusian: іржа́вы Central Bikol: matakla Bulgarian: ръждясал Catalan: rovellat Chinese Mandarin: 生鏽的 /生锈的 Cornish: gossenek Czech: rezavý Danish: rusten Dutch: roestig Dutch: verroest Esperanto: rusta Finnish: ruosteinen French: rouillé Galician: ferruxento Galician: enferruxado Georgian: ჟანგიანი German: rostig German: verrostet Greek: σκουριασμένος Hungarian: rozsdás Icelandic: ryðgaður Irish: meirgeach Italian: arrugginito Japanese: さびた Khmer: ច្រែះ Latin: rōbīginōsus Latin: aerūginōsus Luxembourgish: raschteg Macedonian: ’рѓосан Macedonian: за’рѓан Middle English: rusty Norwegian Bokmål: rusten Norwegian Nynorsk: rusten Norwegian Nynorsk: rusta Old English: rūstiġ Polish: zardzewiały Polish: rdzawy Portuguese: enferrujado Portuguese: ferrugento Romanian: ruginit Russian: ржа́вый Serbo-Croatian: рђав Serbo-Croatian: хрђав Serbo-Croatian: rđav Serbo-Croatian: hrđav Slovak: hrdzavý Spanish: herrumbroso Swedish: rostig
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