rustier
Variant of rusty
rusty
definition
rusty (rus′tē)
adjective rustier rust′i·er, rustiest rust′i·est
- coated with rust, as a metal, or affected with the disease of rust, as a plant
- consisting of or caused by rust
- not working freely, easily, or quietly because of, or as if because of, rust; stiff or rasping in operation
- impaired by disuse, neglect, etc. to find one's golf game rusty
- having lost facility through lack of practice to be a little rusty in chess
- having the color of rust
- faded, old-looking, or shabby
Etymology: ME < OE rustig
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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