rusty en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɹʌsti/
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”).
Meanings
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Marked or corroded by rust.
The overall mood of this volume is one of melancholy and loss, weary resignation to one's lot—trudging round and round on the rusty hamster wheel of life.
2002 June 28, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of the Times”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2019, retrieved 23 Sep 2008:
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Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
Alive? he might be dead for aught I know, / With that red gaunt and colloped neck a-strain, / And shut eyes underneath the rusty mane;
1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XIV:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), pages 377–378:
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Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.
2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2011:
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(historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
He wore a black jacket, rusty and amorphous.
1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:The clerk stared at him and the rusty black bonnet a moment, and then laughed.
1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
- Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rustiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| rustier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
turn rusty · rusty-spotted cat · rusty nail · rusty blackbird · rusty guts · rusty tinamou · rustyish · nonrusty · Rusty · ride rusty · rusty dusty · rusty-margined guan · rusty trombone · unrusty · rustiness · rustyhood · rusty sheriff's badge · rusty thicketbird · rusty plum aphid · rusty pitohui · rustyback · rustily · better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail
Hyponyms
Synonyms
Translations (116)
pt enferrujado (affected by rust) · pl zardzewiały (affected by rust) · ga meirgeach (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · pt enferrujado (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · cy rhydlyd (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · mk ’рѓест (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · lb raschteg (affected by rust) · la ferrūgineus (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · bg ръждясал (affected by rust) · bg занемарен (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · fr rouillé (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · pt ferrugento (affected by rust) · gl enferruxado (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · da rusten (affected by rust) · ar صَدِئ (affected by rust) · sv ringrostig (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · pl rdzawy (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · bg ръждив (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · el σκουριασμένος (affected by rust) · la rōbīginōsus (affected by rust) · mk зане́марен (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · bg ръждивокафяв (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · th เป็นสนิม (affected by rust) · sh rđav (affected by rust) · pl rdzawy (affected by rust) · de rostig (affected by rust) · pt destreinado (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · unm màxkalësi (affected by rust) · nn rusten (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · ru ржа́вый (affected by rust) · sk hrdzavý (affected by rust) · eo rusta (affected by rust) · es oxidado (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · vec rùxene (affected by rust) · mk и́зносен (worn, shabby) · enm rusty (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · vi rỉ (affected by rust) · eo rusta (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · hy ժանգոտ (affected by rust) · hu rozsdás (affected by rust) · hu berozsdásodott (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · it arrugginito (affected by rust) · tr paslı (affected by rust) · uk іржа́вий (affected by rust) · nl roestig (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · mk подзабо́равен (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · mk за’рѓан (affected by rust) · cy rhytgoch (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · es herrumbroso (affected by rust) · ro ruginit (affected by rust) · cy rhydliw (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · ka ჟანგისფერი (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · eo rustkolora (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · el σκουριασμένος (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · ga tréigthe (worn, shabby) · nn rusten (affected by rust) · gl ferruxento (affected by rust) · el ξεπερασμένος (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · gl enferruxado (affected by rust) · km ច្រែះ (affected by rust) · kw gossenek (affected by rust) · nb rusten (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · hu rozsdabarna (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · kw gossenek (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · gl oxidado (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · da rusten (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · sh хрђав (affected by rust) · mk ’рѓосан (affected by rust) · sh рђав (affected by rust) · la rōbīginōsus (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · cy lliw rhwd (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · da rustfarvet (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · de verrostet (affected by rust) · ang rūstiġ (affected by rust) · de eingerostet (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · nb rusten (affected by rust) · cs rezavý (affected by rust) · ca rovellat (affected by rust) · pl zardzewiały (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · is ryðgaður (affected by rust) · nn rusta (affected by rust) · be іржа́вы (affected by rust) · et roostes (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · it arrugginito (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · fi ruosteessa (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · fr rouillé (affected by rust) · fi ruosteenpunainen (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · bg износен (worn, shabby) · ka ჟანგიანი (affected by rust) · ja さびた (affected by rust) · fi ruosteinen (affected by rust) · nl verroest (affected by rust) · cs rezavý (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · fi ruosteenruskea (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · ga meirgeach (affected by rust) · sv rostfärgad (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · la aerūginōsus (affected by rust) · bcl matakla (affected by rust) · nl roestig (affected by rust) · sv rostig (affected by rust) · tr paslanmış (affected by rust) · fi ruosteinen (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · dsb ryzy (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · sh hrđav (affected by rust) · cy rhydlyd (affected by rust) · da rustrød (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · is stirðna (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · xcl ժանգոտ (affected by rust) · unm màxkalët (affected by rust) · cmn 生鏽的 /生锈的 (affected by rust) · enm rusty (affected by rust) · ca rovellat (lacking recent experience, out of practice) · war taoyon (affected by rust) · sk hrdzavý (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · es herrumbroso (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown) · tr paslanmış (lacking recent experience, out of practice)