rusty

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹʌsti/ Rhymes: -ʌsti === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Adjective ==== rusty (comparative rustier, superlative rustiest) Marked or corroded by rust. [from 9th c.] Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown. [from 14th c.] Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. [from 16th c.] (now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby. [from 17th c.] Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust. ===== Hyponyms ===== aeruginous ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis of rusty one more often used for this, or from the general epithet rusty given to various particular firearm names—earlier both were applied in Cockney rhyming slang for other machines, including swords in their day, but the present coinage has not more than a loose connection to this and is from the preference for used or antique firearms due to their being easier or cheaper to obtain. ==== Noun ==== rusty (uncountable) (MLE, slang) A gun or in particular an old or worn one. === Etymology 3 === Variant form of resty; compare also reasty. ==== Adjective ==== rusty (comparative more rusty, superlative most rusty) Discolored and rancid; reasty. [from 16th c.] (UK, dialectal) Cantankerous === Anagrams === Tyrus, yurts == Middle English == === Alternative forms === rosty, rousty, rowsty, ruste, rusti, ruysty rustiȝ (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English rustiġ; equivalent to rust +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrustiː/, /ˈruːstiː/ === Adjective === rusty rusty, rusted degenerate, uncouth (rare) rust-coloured (rare) unpolished, jarring ==== Descendants ==== English: rusty Scots: roosty, rousty Yola: roostha, roosthaa, roosta ==== References ==== “rū̆stī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.