rusty

CEFRB2

/ˈɹʌsti/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Covered with or affected by rust.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Having lost skill through lack of practice.

Examples

  • My rusty Ford broke down, obstructing the intersection.

  • You get rusty if you haven't spoken English for a long time.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.

  2. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.

  3. Marked or corroded by rust.

More examples

In context

  • Would you scrape that rusty pan?

  • Alive? he might be dead for aught I know, / With that red gaunt and colloped neck a-strain, / And shut eyes underneath the rusty mane;

  • He wore a black jacket, rusty and amorphous.

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The old car was left outside for years and became blank from the rain.

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Origin

adjective

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”).