rusty
English
/ˈɹʌsti/
adj
Definitions
- Marked or corroded by rust.
- Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
- Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
- (now) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
- Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rusty inherited from Old English rustiġ (rusty) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (rusty) affix from English rust.
Origin
English
rust
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-rust English
- antirust English
- back English
- cat English
- hood English
- nonrusty English
- rust English
- rustability English
- rustable English
- rustbelt English
- rustbucket English
- rustful English
- rustily English
- rustiness English
- rustless English
- rustlike English
- rustproof English
- rusty-spotted cat English
- rustyback English
- rustyhood English
- rustyish English
- spotted English
- unrusty English
- Rost German
- rostig German
- roest Dutch, Flemish
- roestig Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *rustagaz Proto-Germanic
- rustiġ Old English
- rust Middle English
- rusty Middle English
- rostag Old High German
- rostec Middle High German