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rusty

Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌsti/

The English word “rusty” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  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.
  6. Discolored and rancid; reasty.
  7. Cantankerous

noun

  1. A gun or in particular an old or worn one.

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”).

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