rusty

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

covered with or consisting of rust
- "a rusty machine"
- "rusty deposits"
of the brown color of rust
impaired in skill by neglect
ancient

Adj

Marked or corroded by rust.
Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
Discolored and rancid; reasty.

Noun

A gun or in particular an old or worn one.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

hoary, out of practice, rust, rust-brown

Scrabble Score: 8

rusty is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
rusty is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rusty is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

rusty is a valid Words With Friends word