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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

rust⋅y

2  [ruhs-tee]
–adjective, rust⋅i⋅er, rust⋅i⋅est.
1. restive; stubborn: a rusty horse.
2. Chiefly Dialect. ill-tempered; cross.
Origin:
1555–65; appar. special use of rusty 1 ; but cf. obs. resty restive

Rus⋅ty

  [ruhs-tee]
–noun
a male or female given name.
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rust·y   (rŭs'tē)   
adj.   rust·i·er, rust·i·est
  1. Covered with rust; corroded.
  2. Consisting of or produced by rust.
  3. Of a yellowish-red or brownish-red color.
  4. Working or operating stiffly or incorrectly because of or as if because of rust.
  5. Weakened or impaired by neglect, disuse, or lack of practice.
rust'i·ly adv., rust'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Rusty

Rust"y\, a. [AS. rustig.] [Compar. Rustier; superl. Rustiest.]

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. --Shak.

3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.

4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." --Piers Plowman.

5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." --Spenser.

6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.

The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces. --Hawthorne.

7. (Bot.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : rusty
Spanish: oxidado,
German: rostig,
Japanese: さびた
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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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