rusty

Meaning

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.

rust

rusted

rust-brown

rust-colored

attacked by rust

reddish-brown

rust-coloured

rustcolored

Old

rusty-brown

rust-colored

rust-coloured

long-ago

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌsti/

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”).