rusty

Meaning

Adj

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. (historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
5. Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.

Noun

A gun or in particular an old or worn one.

Synonyms

rust

rusted

out of practice

corroded

filthy

rust-brown

dirty

oxidized

hoary

rust-colored

foul

grimy

mouldy

no good

🙅

obsolete

old

🧓

primaeval

rancid

rank

raucous

red

red-haired

restive

rubiginous

russet

rusting

stale

surly

unpractised

unskillful

attacked by rust

reddish-brown

rust-coloured

rustcolored

Old

rusty-brown

rust-colored

ancient

rust-coloured

antiquated

churlish

cross

crushed

deserted

desolate

ferruginous

hoarse

ill-tempered

long-ago

morose

Translations

rouillé

arrugginito

rostig

σκουριασμένος

roestig

enferrujado

rugginoso

herrumbroso

oxidado

arrugginita

destreinado

ferrugento

mohoso

paslı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌsti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rusty

Inherited from Old English: rūstiġ

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: rusterch

Cognate with Western Frisian: rustich

Cognate with Dutch: roestig

Cognate with German: rostig

Cognate with Swedish: rostig

In summary

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”).