dusty

CEFRB1

/ˈdʌsti/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Covered with or full of dust.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Grey or greyish.

Examples

  • The dusty track descends to a valley.

  • The road is dusty. It cannot have rained yesterday.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings
  1. Powdery and resembling dust.

  2. Covered with dust.

  3. Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.

More examples

In context
  • The furniture was dusty.

  • a dusty peach color

  • a dusty carpet

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).