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rust⋅y

1  [ruhs-tee]
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–adjective, rust⋅i⋅er, rust⋅i⋅est.
1. covered with or affected by rust.
2. consisting of or produced by rust.
3. of or tending toward the color rust; rust-colored.
4. faded or shabby; impaired by time or wear, as clothes or drapery.
5. impaired through disuse or neglect: My Latin is rusty.
6. having lost agility or alertness; out of practice: I am a bit rusty at tennis.
7. (of a sound) grating or harsh.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME rusti, OE rūstig; see rust, -y 1

Related forms:
rust⋅i⋅ly, adverb
rust⋅i⋅ness, noun
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rusty 
O.E. rustig, from rust (see rust). Cf. Fris. roastich, M.Du. roestich, O.H.G. rostag, Ger. rostig. "In the 16th and 17th centuries frequently used as a term of general disparagement" [OED]. Of skills, accomplishments, etc., first attested 1796.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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